Families reunited after 40 years apart in Cambodia | Unreported World
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- 40 years to find my family: Krishnan Guru-Murthy went to Cambodia in 2015 to meet two sisters who were about to be reunited after 35 years apart. They were separated as children during the brutal communist regime of the Khmer Rouge in which a quarter of the whole population was killed.
Now a team of young people are harnessing the power of the media to help those searching for family separated by genocide, reunited by reality TV.
This episode first aired on 24/4/2015.
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When they brought Mama out, I almost died! This is so, so very beautiful.
May Jesus Christ healed this nation!❤️🙏🏿
Queen By Birth I cried my freaking eyes out! What an amazing thing this show is doing and I can’t imagine how hard it is tracking down all of that information they need to bring one family back together. So beautiful to see.
Very Beautiful..! If mom’s day comes and she finally leaves this place, her heart would be at peace.! This story breaks hearts in a good way.! What a beautiful ending to a tragic story.!
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Man, had me crying rivers. I miss my Mum, Dad, Grandma & two sisters so much.
Bless the creator of the show, nobody in the comments talks about her enough, she genuinely seems so happy and grateful for her job, what a wholesome woman
Absolutely she is,God bless her
she is so smart and strong....she is sent by god to work for the noble helpless souls...may she succeed and may god remove all d obstacles she could face in future is all i pray to god 🙏
The knowledge of this show's existence needs to be spread over the world, for all the Cambodians who escaped and went to other countries, especially the United States.
"This is, after all, television." Yes, well.... Great outcome. But... milking reactions for ratings? Mmmmmmmm....
@@two-toneblue4872 it’s not like their government ain’t doing shit. So something’s gotta give.
as a daughter of cambodian parents who lived & survived the khmer rouge & escaped to america, no one ever mentions the inter generational trauma us khmer kids have to go through listening to our parents stories over and over since kids & dealing with their ptsd. emotional support is pretty nonexistent in our family’s. our parents are broken & fighting their own demons while raising us, so with that said, to all my khmer folks, stay strong 💪
My heart 💖 for you all
That's so incredibly sad.
Sorry about what your parents went through
Generational trauma is also epigenetic, extreme trauma can leave a chemical mark on a person's genes and these can be passed down onto future generations.
It means a person’s personal experience with extreme forms of trauma can alter their biology and in turn alter the behavior of their children and grandchildren and so on.
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4:33 "I'm alive. I'm here. Please find me" the importance and desperation of those words just went straight to my heart and I broke down crying
I'm sorry but when she mentioned "all these skulls and there's no name on any of them" I broke down crying.
Yes, that really touched me. So so incredibly sad.
I cried through the whole video. 😢
But what the show is doing to help people is amazing. 💚
I cried the whole video. But that in particular hit me hard. My grandfather survived the Tulsa riots but lost his Uncle, his wife, & their child. The mass graves at Tulsa have never been found. I’ve made it my mission to pressure the government but I often think. How will I know when I find them without DNA
When her daughter mentions how she can't handle hearing the story I really related to that. When my mum talks about the Rwandan Genocide it's just too much. It's so shocking and just overwhelming hearing how evil humans can become.
but i think it is really important to listen to such things - to never forget! And maybe to stop it in its roots when evil is starting to take over again, because history sadly always repeats itself so we always have to be alert! Maybe when u are older u can listen to her. U will probably understand your mother, humans in general and also urself a lot better :)
@@megajanninatorable Definitely! That's one of the reasons why I listen to her stories anyway and Rwanda has 100 days of remembrance and mourning ever year. We don't want anything like that to happen ever again! Like as hard as it is to listen to what happened, it must have been a million times harder to have actually experienced it.
The Holocaust, Rwandan Genocide, Cambodian Killing Fields, Nanjing and Ping Fan and so many others, these are our stories to tell so they stop happening.
Well if you were raised in America you can't imagine
@@SapphireZeev36 i dont understand how humans could do these horrible acts..Lord y😭😭
i am half cambodian and growing up, no one told me about the past. my grandma was actually pregnant with my mom while they were escaping. she ended up being born in thailand and they would make stuff up so i didn't know the terrible things that they went through. they actually told me they went on vacation and that why she was born there. luckly, they managed to survive but the whole time watching this, i just imagined what my family went through and cried through the whole video. it makes me realize how hard they had to work to survive and how strong they had to be. thank you for sharing this video, not many people know this happened in cambodia.
Same thing with my ex fiance. Her mom escaped with an infant and pregnant with my ex and she was born in Thailand. They eventually made it to America where her parents had more kids and they have all had a good life. When people say oh we should just let people walk in from across the border, I always say what about these people that have actually went through some nightmare shit and have a little thing called the pacific ocean so they can't just walk on in to America
The only people that talk about it in my family are my parents since they're both the youngest and dont remember much of what happened. My aunts, uncles, and grandma don't ever mention it so I can only only imagine how traumatic it must've been for them to want to repress it.
I never even knew about any of this!! I was never taught this in school or nothing. Which is sooo extremely sad.
same with my grandmother
@@briancrawford69 if these people were my neighbors I would look after them, with respect of course! I be the best neighbor 😌 🙏🙏🙏
Congratulations to her reunion family ❤️
Wow
This shit broke me down couldn't hold back when momma showed up
I feel ya, I was cool til they all three embraced crying.
as soon as her face showed up on the screen, the dam just broke.
@Jedi solo - I HEAR YA -
im still crying TnT
I agee.. Mama showing up put me over the edge.
If i was in the audience, i would've been escorted out for crying to loudly
Nothing new, because this is too emotional to watch
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same!
Omg me too
Me too!
Seeing their mum still alive is a bitter sweet moment for me. Sweet that she is still alive and bitter knowing that one human being can lose 5 children and a husband and to still function in everyday life. She must possess a strength so great to plough on and Im sure, what keeps her alive is the hope of finding her 2 missing children.
I have no shame in admitting that I cried like a baby.
Same, brother!
When,I,see the show im,crieng too,thanks the creator,s much t make the memorable show.
So did I Cheers from Cambodia
me too... a few times through this
My dad was separated from his family during the war and ended up in the states. For years he had assumed his family was dead. In the 90s he had a friend travel back to Cambodia. So my dad decided to take a chance and write a letter and asked his friend to deliver it to his family home, if it was still there. Because during the war the Khmer Rouge burned down my grandparents businesses so my dad assumed that the house was gone too. He just took a chance but said during that time he was scared to find out if there was even anyone that would receive the letter. Thankfully the family home was still standing and the person that received the letter was his eldest sister. She told me she was so shocked to receive it because the entire time the whole family thought my father had died. Life is crazy.
Have they met yet?? This storys making me cry I'm so thankful your dad and his family are safe
My dad was a slave laborer for the Germans at 16 from Lithuania. Never saw his parents again. Mother suffered through the Nazi invasion of Poland and also labored in Germany during the war years. Never saw her parents again either. Sad, so sad for everyone.
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You are the lucky ones !
wow
This is a very powerful documentary that Unreported world was able to put together. Kudos to you guys
yeah indeed . but i think the reporter not to good in interviewing. he is sucks interviewer. not too smart in interviewing people. change him..
@@rofidganteng1 I don't understand why you think so. He is very empathetic to the people affected and being filmed. Don't you see that?
@minxymissy1 and Jedi solo, My apologies if I hurt any of your sentiments with my inadequate knowledge of the reporter. I definitely sympathize with the Cambodian people. The genocide should have never happened. May the Nation of Cambodia rebound and stand tall just as the great Angkor Wat has done.
@minxymissy1 Thank you, friend. Atrocities around the world appear to have a common thread... Hopefully, things will turn around in the not-so-distant future.
I think what they are doing is great BUT why make a "Hollywood" style production out of it complete with the ridicules question "so do you want to meet your long lost Mother of 40 years?" Stupid question! Only makes me want to know how much money they are making out of other peoples misery
Omg I cried 😭 We don’t realize how good we have it until we watch a video like this
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Beautiful! I’ve never heard of this show. My parents survived the Khmer Rouge genocide. My mom were sponsored to come America with her parents & siblings. However, my dad came to America alone. He’s always been searching for his 9 siblings and parents. I remember how happy my dad was when he FaceTimed his brother in Cambodia 35 years after their separation. I’ve never seen my dad cry but he did this day. 10 years later, he’s reunited with some siblings via Facebook. He’s never met his parents because his father was killed in the genocide but his mom survived and past away in Cambodia before he was able to find her. The horrors my parents and victims/survivors of genocide go through is unimaginable. Living in America, I am no where near feeling or understanding the hardship they endured during the genocide. My dad escaped death many times and they’re very interesting to hear. However, due to the traumatic experiences of the genocide, my parents don’t speak about it and try to erase it from their memory. My dad is from Kampot & my mom is from Battambang.
Growing up in Long Beach, Ca half my friends were Cambodian. When topics of the Khmer rouge were brought up my friends parents would always fall silent because all of them were traumatized. It's something they try to forget everyday. My uncle is Cambodian and his entire family came to america for refuge. I've known my uncle my entire life but it wasnt until he told me bits and pieces of his story that I broke down. He saw things unspeakable being done, and had to watch his mother and sisters be raped and kidnapped. I pray for the cambodians who will hurt from this forever.
You know those women looked like they had been assaulted too... At first they could not look each other in the eye... they had that look of shame, that only rape does to a woman or person. Also notice that the two oldest girls survived... likely because they were seen as possessions, as girls/women usually are when in these types of war.
I dont know the story but will look it up, it seems like a really tragic period for people in Cambodia.
I wish my mum could tell me the whole story of her childhood but it seemed so tragic. even when this all ended. she tells me bits but i can’t understand it. i want to put the pieces together, linking her story with history so maybe she could get some answers but it is very traumatic indeed :(
I lived in Long Beach before. Now I'm living in Cambodia during the pandemic. I've taught English here a few years. My best to your family.
This made me cry so much! Thank God they are together now.
Ben G woah calm down we all die that’s life and there is nothing we can do about it even if it’s so tragic and heartbreaking God didn’t do it to make someone suffer he did it because it was their time to go and no one could change that
@Ben G People who hate God caused this. Communism hates God and seeks to remove any kind of religion when it takes power. It even stated as much in the beginning of the video. The result? Death and destruction. People caused this, not God. God provided mercy for this family by having a mother and her two daughters spared from this onslaught.
Ben G just because YOU don’t believe In a god doesn’t mean you can attack other people’s religion and say god isn’t real that’s your opinion 🤷🏻♀️
@Ben G 'Common sense' to not kill yet people do it all the time, as Communists and Socialists do when they take over of a country their first step is the removal of religion and killing those who don't agree with them. Why? Because religion, as you just stated reminds us all to be good, even 'common sense goodness.' Why? Because we are somehow bad to begin with as you have said? No, because it is a constant reminder to others such as Communists and Socialists who do *not* have, or do not care about the common sense to know murder is wrong. Religion is a reminder to those who like doing wrong actions, that they are wrong and the contrary way to their lifestyle or worldview of living they see around them is right. It pricks their conscience. But facing such a reality leads to contradictions within how they want to live so they will either seek to change for good or not. Those who don't want to change seek to destroy God, which is impossible because you can't erase God, assuming he exists, (which he does but I'll get to that below) nor can one erase the idea of God or knowledge of God. Hence, hatred of God and those who follow the idea of living a life that God exists.
So when it comes down to it a person can hate something that does or doesn't exist. It's called paranoia. Karl Marx suffered from this when he invented this idea of Communism within his book "Communist Manifesto." This paranoia of thinking one human being's idea is superior to all others is seen and demonstrated by all like-minded dictators throughout history. Some of whom even succumbed to total narcissism and made themselves a god, e.g. several Roman emperors before and after the birth of Christ. Indeed, even the concept of Humanism is flawed since we cannot all agree on what pure Philosophy ideals are best to be governed or live by. Some say a republic, others democracy, still others monarchy, and of course others say communism and socialism.
But God does exists and hatred of those who follow God, or their religion's understanding of God, is proof of that since why should anyone hate someone for following a religion that says killing is wrong? Isn't that common sense, it is meant to keep one from being deviant or evil so why hate or even kill them? Also, do not forget "Thou shalt not kill" is a commandment from God. Yet, we see throughout ancient and modern history that people simply ignore some variation of God's commandment in their local/regional prevalent religion. Why? Because they don't want to follow God. That's all there is to it.
Now, I'm going to guess that your main reason for discounting God's existence revolves around God's, if he does exist, not helping people in terrible situations because of the free will he has given us. This brings up the classic contradiction of 'if God is good how can he allow evil?' Answer, to bring about a greater good from the evil that was done. Absurd you may say, how can ANY good come from genocide? I remind you that all religions have the understanding that God has an 'afterlife' 'heaven' 'paradise' etc., that exists. If those who were so horribly treated die they would then go to their God's heaven, an eternal place of happiness and peace, then that is indeed a greater good than the genocide that sent them there. They now exist in total absence of evil, what's a better reward than that? This is given because they believed in goodness even in their final moments. Furthermore, every religion has a 'Hell' 'Sheol' 'bad karma' or some kind of punishment for those who do such terrible things. Even you and I agree, though I believe in God and you don't, that no genocide should ever happen. Such good thought and actions lead to steps to prevent future genocide. United Nations, Doctors Without Borders, awareness groups, etc.
Additionally, I don't think a better reward can be given to victims of evil than living in eternal happiness and peace. But what of those left in the pain and suffering of this world? God is there for them too. I know of dozens of stories from people who have had a much better relationship with someone, or if there was never reconciliation with the parties involved then at least with themselves and others, after horrific things have happened. More to the point, they too find a way, with their understanding of God from their religion, to live in the world despite its evil. Just remember that this world will end, every religion seems to understand that since death is inevitable, as you yourself realize.
As to "which religion's understanding of God is right?" That's a question for another time. I only cited a few Judeo-Christian concepts and points of reference to establish a ground upon which to build from as it tends to be the most understood today. All I want to demonstrate here is that God does exist and that the various religions of the world generally have the same core structure that demonstrate the structure of goodness for societies they are found in and in the general human knowledge that God exists, despite the hatred and evil against religion in the world today and the
I know my small dissertation here won't convince you all at once but at least I hope you can see the logical fallacy in your position. Still, don't let it upset you. We can write some more later if you'd like.
@Ben G Yes Ben G, it is your free will to deny and speak foolishly of a deity you know very little about. You are the very being who is delusional not the Being you have railed against.
I am actually from Cambodia. Watching this bring tears to my eyes. First and for most thank you for this documentary. I am so humble , thankful to be here in America for 40 years now. My oldest brother I have never met is still missing until today.
I hope you find him soon! I’m also cambodian and currently living in here. some of the elders from my parents’ side had lost their lives during khmer rogue and even hearing about its story made my heart shattered
This documentary really touched my heart. My family also escaped the Khmer Rouge and we also opened up a donut shop in Southern CA. I’m so happy they reunited ❤️
I haven't even finished this yet but already crying.. Imagine standing in front of hundreds of skulls thinking one of them might be your one fathers..
Br H. One of them is my great grandpas🙃😭
Imagine surviving this as a child... thousands of children of the killing fields like me..
karrien lim are u dumb?
TheRds797 my mom survived it and fled to Vietnam
my mum tried to go back to find pictures of her parents as she believed they were killed in front of her. i have hope they may not have been and they just got separated. she was very young. even just talking about it puts her to tears so she mustve balled her eyes out when she went. my dad refuses to bring me there
I have 3 adopted daughters from Cambodia. I visited the place where 17,000 were tortured and killed. I have never got over the experience, so heartbreaking... The Cambodian people are such a wonderful and beautiful people. I am so happy that some of them are being reunited with long lost relatives.
My daddy has lost his dad during that time whether he dead ,where and how he die or alive ...until 2014 we were able to find the document about him that actually he were sent from Tuol sleang Prison to Takmao province to be killed and there was a last picture of him looking seriously exhausted and seem to be waiting for the last moment as he was apart from his family while my grandma were being ill until died as there was no medicine to be cure and left his 3 children behind
@@hengchanrothna6612 I'm so sorry for you and your family, Serey. I hope your heart finds peace and comfort.
Hello. I'm sorry because my english is very bad. But, may I ask you, when you adopted your childrens? Because I live here in Cambodia since January 2018, and I really want to adopt too, but I don't know if it's possible, because I'm a foreigner. And how you did it? you visited the orphanage? how did you find your kids, or how was the process of adoption? please, if you can tell me your history... i would be very thankful 💕🙏
@@nelumbonucifera4415 All 3 of my Cambodia born daughters are in their 20's so it was years ago I adopted them. I am in the US and used an adoption agency for 2 of them and did the third adoption myself because she is the biological sister to one of my other daughters. All adoptions were mounds of paperwork, INS approval, criminal background checks, medical check-ups, etc, etc. I do not know what the process is now for the US or other countries or even if adoptions are permitted. Perhaps an orphanage there might know or you could find out on the internet. Good luck!
@@nancybusso6171 Oh, I got it. Yeah, I asked you, because a few years ago, they made a law that difficult adoption for foreigners.
when I saw your message, I thought that maybe stills there's a way to adopt . I have some cambodian contacts that say first I have to find a children and then a lawyer to know what to do. I'm waiting for a children at the hospital. They say that many moms abandon when they born. But I'm waiting for a long time. I don't mind with the age, but I think today, the orphanages are more something like a foundation who take care of this childrens, so, is not easy adopt because they have parents. Maybe I'll try a orphanage... who knows... Maybe helps... Well, anyway, I'll keep trying and waiting. Thank you soo much for your time and kindness. Bye bye.
Cambodians are tough people. Many of them I've befriend and their families are so kind to me. They were kind enough to share their stories from back home.
I can't believe how the host doesn't bawl her eyes out during every reunion lmao
I think she was just very happy that she did something good in this world.
Maybe she’s done so many of these reunions that she’s become a little emotionally immune.
When the show first newly air she cried too but it’s been going on for so many year i think she get used to it now
I’ve travelled to Cambodia many times. The Khmer people are some of the kindest, most generous people I have come across. This documentary has me literally weeping
Me too....me too
maisiwe, It's never the people's fault but always their rulers, from time to time they rain terror on the people often supported by outsiders with money.
Me 3 me 3
Me as well. I was so touched while visiting Cambodia a few years ago and experiencing the kindness, generosity and resilience of the Khmer people considering how not so long ago the mass genocide. This video had my tears flowing.
Thank you everyone for your kind words 🙏🏼🙏🏼 I pray one day that I will met my oldest sister who was separated at the age of 10. God bless you all.
i’m literally eating my mushroom pasta and crying right now
2 years later after my comment & i’m still crying over this doc
Samantha s be thankful for your food subhan’Allah, God will forgive you, God is one☝️
You don’t know how you’re lucky until you watch these documentaries. Ameen.
Now on want mushroom pasta... And I'm crying.
Samantha s what’s mushroom pasta
I'm currently sobbing over a burrito so I feel you
damn.. i was intended to study my maths but went to youtube and saw this in recommandation. Broke into tears
Man, Bobby wasn't lying. Heartbreaking and heartwarming at the same time.
This was the saddest and happiest event I've ever seen. I cried so much
Me too
Unless, you have lived through it, it's impossible to imagine the kind of pain these people are living with.
true, and in many ways I hope I never get to live through that. I can hardly imagine myself being able to, unlike the millions upon millions of cambodians who persevered during that horrible time. Cambodia is without doubt a beautiful place, with peoples stronger than the world will ever know. Bless this show for helping its fellow citizens just as they have with this family.
exactly
It's not impossible to imagine, which is why people are brought to tears imagining themselves in their situations while watching this program for instance. You pumpkin pie hair cutted freak.
...and we keep going on everyday. Some days are fine, and some days a police helicopter triggers my trauma. 1980s and 1990s in urban Amerikkka was another war zone, children of the killing fields were front line. Now we're in our 40s and 50s and we're front lining our families and communities, and still being torn apart.. $truggle continues
@@TheRds797 hahahahahaha
Killing fields of LA you say, my nigga huh?
"dark" times indeed...
I had a Cambodian foster daughter in 1980's and mourned all this with her, her half brother and the family we helped resettle. My prayer is she connected with her family. My love wasn't enough but I never forgot Chhin or Sarin.
Cheryl Carlson God bless your loving soul ❤❤
Thank you for helping those who was helpless in their time.
❤️ God bless you for providing your love to them regardless. Never underestimate what love you give, it’s always powerful to someone in need of it.
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Cried my eyes out when mom was still alive and able to meet her kids again
my mum would be so grateful for this. she says she was only 2 when everything went wrong but i think she was older since she remembered the events and what happened to her parents. she believes they were murdered as they tried to cover and protect her. she tried to find pictures of them in the museum but couldn’t. i just want to have a bit of hope that they are still there somewhere. since my mum is much younger than my dad i believe they could be alive if they didnt get killed during that time, my mum looks about the same age as those two ladies. i would like to meet them, i’ve only had a grandma and not for long as she is 101 :(
I pray and wish for the inner healing of cambodia 🇰🇭 .. love from the Philippines 🇵🇭
Mark , Much suffering was caused by European countries trying to 'colonize' them pitting them against each other. Even religion plays a role. One person could not do all that
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@@oliviawutam Religion? Who were the Khmer Rouge again?? They were POLITICAL ideologues driven by power and control. They’ve killed many religious people along with other ethnic minorities. Same now is happening in China and their treatment of the Uyghur people in their camps, which is an open secret by now.
Am I the only one who cried so hard ?
My heart goes to those still separated from their loved ones ..
lauren sacks no your not...
Definitely not alone!
you are not the only one. I too... I am filled with love, compassion and the Sorrow of what happened to these beautiful souls....from the depths of my heart...and beyond.
when their mother came out.. the feels.. the tears... I'm so glad they can finally be together again
I revisit this video often. I love seeing joy of these people find each other. I can't fathom what they have been through. I admire the strength of the Cambodian people.
I lost it when they brought out the mother.
I cannot imagine how she went on after her husband was murdered and she watched five of her children slowly die from hunger. I hope she has many years left to catch up with her two remaining daughters (and all her grandchildren).
Just imagine losing everything but years later you get back your remaining children and now grand children to make you whole again. Beautiful!
Oh. my goodness, I nearly had a heart attack when they found the mother.........heartwarming and heartbreaking...........but hell is waiting to claim it’s own!
I wish I was a millionaire, I would buy this entire family a beautiful home where they could live together forever and beyond 💓💓💓
My wife was 15 on that fateful day in 1975. She was one of the lucky ones, as her father was very prominent in the government at the time that the country fell. Her and her family were airlifted to safety. Many of her friends and relatives were not so fortunate.
This documentary was extremely powerful! I will not have her watch it, though, as it would re-open far too many wounds.
May this level of atrocity never be repeated again for however long humans exist ...
I can't breathe I'm crying so hard. I'm so happy for these three women.
I was beautiful, but U might need to get a cat. lost a lot of friends in that war. Go for a walk , chill. Watch something happy.
Being a second generation half american cambodian I can feel very detached from cambodia. I never met my grandfather he was much older than my grandmother. And my mother was born in america and never learned khmer. My grandmother is still in contact with her siblings and family in cambodia. It's nice to feel a little more connected to my heritage. Also everyone has my distinct nose!
Thank you. I have lived and worked in Cambodia. I cried with the ladies....and the same feelings arose as the first time in ChungEik and Toul Saleng. What a lovely story. Congratulations to the TV channel.
You call a war ordinary???
Unreported, you kept the suspension until the end. That was the best part. I'm one of millions of Khmer people who'd resettled in the west. It was touching. Thanks for this story.
Hope you are doing well
Hope you still have family members . Blessings
I've been back to Cambodia. I have nevet wsntef to go to the skull musuem. How can I evet see skulls of my good friends
The 20th century was by far the bloodiest. So many wars and genocides. It's insane. There's a great future ahead for Cambodia ❤️
@The Lie Detective yup America needs to pay, same with Japan
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Comment from Alyssa Ocampo from this comment section:
"Growing up in Long Beach, Ca half my friends were Cambodian. When topics of the Khmer rouge were brought up my friends parents would always fall silent because all of them were traumatized. It's something they try to forget everyday. My uncle is Cambodian and his entire family came to america for refuge. I've known my uncle my entire life but it wasnt until he told me bits and pieces of his story that I broke down. He saw things unspeakable being done, and had to watch his mother and sisters be raped and kidnapped. I pray for the cambodians who will hurt from this forever."
*Go fuck yourself you brainwashed radical moron, oh and READ A BOOK other than pedo one you did.*
@@dibidus6080 lol americans paid for the khmer rogue leadership, are you stupid?
You need to read more and educate yourself a lot more. Initially, Cambodia communist party used to a part of Indochina communist party, so it literally puppet of North Vietnam. However, in 60s to 70s Polpot eliminated all Vietnamese friendly sectors in the party and cut itself off from North Vietnam influence. After 1975 US slide with China against Soviet and Vietnamese alliance so it do everything to bleed Vietnamese. Khmer Rouge constantly invaded and harassed Vietnamese border since 1975 to 1978 until it was invaded and overthrown by Vietnamese and replaced by Vietnamese established People Republic of Cambodia. Here US got involve by support Khmer Rouge and other political factors Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea (CGDK) to fight against People Republic of Cambodia PRC. With US and China support this alliance (with Khmer Rouge) hold on UN seat until 1993. In military perspective, only Khmer Rouge was a formidable force against PRC and Vietnamese so US funded Khmer Rouge directly and indirectly along with China, Thailand and Singapore. Without these military aids, Khmer Rouge already finished itself in 1979 not clinging on for another 20 years. This kinds of history will never be taught in US class to show that how evil their government can be.
I can't imagine what her mother went through. I hope all peace for her that she can get now
This was heartbreaking to see what an unnecessary war does to family. I am so happy they were reunited brought tears to my eyes.. The younger sister just looks like her mother. I hope they have many years together.
21:33 The way they cried out to their mother when they saw her after all those years it was as though in that moment they were little girls again. It was so touching I couldn't stop crying.
One of the most respectful and knowledgable interviewers I've ever witnessed. Thank you for making this and all my love to those affected by this horrible situation.
Being a human being living as like them in this earth, tears rolls down my eyes . One of the emotional reunions i have every witness .
I'm bawling. The atrocious way humans choose to treat one another is only combated by how wonderful we can be toward each other along with the eternal bond of family!
My cousin in law is Cambodian and every year we always get together with her and my family for the holidays. Cambodians are one of the nicest group of people I've met despite their dark and sad history. I've heard of stories from their family but they all get along through life as if they've never been through pain. They're so strong and resilient, you can't even begin to imagine the struggles they've been through by the way they carry themselves so well. Such beautiful warm hearted people, yet such a tragic past. My heart goes out to everyone who has been affected by this and who still continue to suffer this hardship today. Sending Love and Light to all of you.
Whoever disliked this documentary has no soul
Mleew….The ones who didn't like it are probably some of the former members of Kymer Rouge who came to the U.S. They can go to Hell...
or we just didnt like the fact that she has a ton of kids when she CANNOT FEED THEM AND THEN WATCHES AS 5 OF THEM STARVES TO DEATH B4 SHE DOES SOMETHING.
@@spooks77 If you dont like it then dont watch. Simple as that
spooks77 she can’t feed them since it is during war. How could u earn money or even u have money but how u get food during the war? U should find documentary about Khmer Rouge first before u said.
@@spooks77 you should know the facts on what happened because if you did you would understand why.
I wasn’t expecting for the reunion with the mom, I’m still crying with them ❤
I am an adult man living in california and this story touched my heart so deeply, I'm so happy for her and her sister and mother! I pray to god that they have all the time in the world to get to spend on all the lost time, god is so good for bringing this beautiful family back together!! Hallelujah and god bless
Powerful..the sister's reunion was emotional enough but nobody viewing this for 1st time was expecting the mother to appear as well. That was gut wrenchingly powerful .
I'm watching this and thinking about all the things my grandparents especially my maternal grandpa must have seem during WW1 and WW2. He was born in 1904 and sometimes told stories about how he remembers WW1 as a child/teen and how frightened he was all the time. My other grandparents were all born after WW1 but their stories about WW2 will forever haunt me. We should never forget crimes like this or we repeat them
I cried the entire time!! I'm sooo happy that they're back together and for all the others who were or will be reunited
My grandparents left with my dad and his sisters and broters when he was 3. 3y ago, my grandparents came back to cambodia to travel and learned that the mother of my grandpa was still alive and waiting until the year before when she died. I felt so sad my grandpa missed her mom he thought was dead.... i wish they could have been reunited
I hate when people are cutting onions near me...
Just walked away, simple 🙂
Its good for you once in a while to sit next to someone who cuts onions..
Fearmo IKR...super annoying
Teemo crying? The devil has fallen!!!💀
they didn't just chop them, they made onion juice and poured it into my eyeballs apparently.
Dam this made me cry a grown man cry what a great show
Only a strong man can cry and admit to it. I give you my most sincere compliments. Showing emotions is something powerful. I cried too btw. Nobody can hold tears in if they see all this. When they brought mommy out I just said "Ouch" out loud and started sobbing. My husband thought I had hurt myself 🤣
you are not the only one...
I teared a little when they met one another, but I admit when the Mother came out I started sobbing. You're not alone.
I am too a killing survivor , I am to lost my older brother in the Khmer Rouge. He was only 12 years young and I was 8 years young. I don’t know he’s dead or alive . Now I am in my 57 years old and still have no news or where about my brother. I lost all of my relatives from older to younger both sides of my mom and dad .
Same here brother 👊
This is such a beautiful, heartwarming, loving and caring moment. It in a small way replaces some of the horror of the killing fields with joy and hope.
My heart and prayers go out to everyone affected by this atrocity and I hope that before long, everyone that survived and is missing ,are
found and reunited with each other.
Bless you for making and posting this video.
Less than 10 seconds in and I'm already crying. What a great program!
Watching from AFGANISTAN with LOVE,, HOPE and PRAY that this kind of HISTORY will never be repeat.. ❤❤
massud akbar... I have been to Kabul in 2002 and met a guy called Massud, he was a driver for an international organisation. Love love Kabul💖
As a child of the killing field born in a refugee camp in 81. I may not remember much or none at all, but hearing stories from my parents, aunts and uncles and other elder folks about the genocide that had killed over a million of my people is horrific. The trauma that they went through and still live through till this day in their mind is traumatizing. Shows like this is heart breaking, sad, and tear gushing. Some folks may not understand what these folks had went through, but for some do..... Crying 😭
As a Khmer myself or Cambodian to you foreigners, I appreciate this, thank you for documenting this
Thank you for this video & also big thanks to the young lady who managed to reunite the family. Please keep up the good work to reunite families through your show.
She was standing there while her Father was chopped and squirted out blood..... Mother and Brothers starved to death.... And there she is, seems to be a sane woman and successful.... My goodness.
What a tragic life story.... What a strong woman.🙏🏼
So happy for her in the end....❤️
The mother wasn't killed.
i have lost 2 of my older sisters and 1 older brother there.some how i hope that they are still alive.
i hope you find them
where are you from ¿
*Thank you Unreported World for documenting Cambodia’s lost families. It is very sad watching long lost families reunited with each other and the feelings of knowing that your loved ones are alive is such an indescribable feeling. Keep up the good job* 👏 👍
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Wow this made me cry 😭 thank you for finding these families and make them together again 🙏🙏🙏
"It's not a Dream" fantastic work. Unreported World ... thank you for all that you do. Much love.
I can relate to this documentary my father lost his brother 40 years ago in Congo we just find his older brother last year but unfortunately my dad died 13 years ago thinking his brother died long time ago 😭😭😭😭
betty kanyembo awww sweetheart I hope everything is okay. I’d be sending my prayers to you, your family and your uncle. Keep believing in God, God is one☝️
That’s sad. I hope your father was watching that day from above and felt peace the day you guys were reunited
what an amazing powerful documentary. I was too emotional and cried most of the time. Hope more families are found and reunite. That programme is doing a wonderful job.
my family tells me stories all the time about their trauma. im so proud of my family for finding the strength to stay together until they got to America. still missing two siblings but it breaks my heart that this even happened regardless of my family having dealt with this part of history or not.
god bless you for helping me find the lost parts of my family my great grandma and great aunt none of this would be possible without you because of you my mom (Nary) took me to meet them about half a year later I met them all. before this my grandma spoke about her sister mother and the rest of her family and how life was back then everyday I am blessed because of you guys for helping me find them
Domestic Dragon my mom name is kaatong and is still in search for her aunt name vann chom, from battambong kaho-ee-duang. My dad name is moun (killed by khmer rouge also)!
@@socheely4602 praying for you!
This is so wonderful. As time goes on, tragedies fade away in history, but the people who lived through them are left behind with memories and scars as fresh as if they happened the day before, and suffer in silence. Thank you, Unreported World, for bringing this back to light for the rest of the world.
Danicka Addams ,I agree with you.the British are so good with documentaries I always look forward to their many and varied documentaries.
wow, this has made my day! i feel happy for them! Big big kudos for your team to put this on youtube!!!!!!!!
This is so real and the best. To be honest, I could not stop my tears. Very well presented. All the way from Papua New Guinea.
When you watch such a documentary, then you wonder how your pain and difficulties could be compared to those of those people who endured such a hard and difficult life and never thought they could meet again. It's so beautiful thank you :-)
I look forward to this show every Wednesday
What an incredible idea for a show. It is a great way to finance being able to help reunite so many people as well as getting the word out for those looking.
TY for showing this! It is amazing and truly miracle and a unforgettable reunion
Their story is so sad 😢But it was so beautiful when they reunited an found out their mother was still alive an when they all reunited it brought tears to my eyes 😭❤
Excellent documentary..... I hope they never loose touch again.... never give up hope....sometimes that's all we have to make it through...
Bless your heart and soul thank you very much this is my mother great grandma great aunt and grandma we are all still in contact and pray that soon enough everyone will be reunited again
I don't know these people but I can pretty much guarantee you that they will never lose touch again.
I cried tears of joy for them. Beautiful reunion. May God bless them always and bring healing.
Thank you for everything!
I have lived in Houston, TX for a while now and have always frequented Asian businesses. I have to admit that many thoughts have been processed through my mind on why I have never encountered "happy-smiley faces" when going, from owners and employees of such places. It may just be me, but after watching this documentary there may be a possibility (couldn't fathom before watching this) of many of these people overcoming horrific stories like the above. We are eager to judge others sometimes, but only God truly knows, what every human being has encountered in their lives. Pray that God heals (to a feasible extent, because some tribulations stick forever) the souls of anyone around my area that has been through anything similar to the above. Christ bless all the survivors!.
@@csheru, you are so full of hate. Judging by your name, you are from India - have you forgotten what your fellow Hindus and Muslims did during Partition in the name of their respective religions? All humans are capable of committing horrible acts and until we recognize the good in each other we are condemned to repeating them.
May the peace and blessings of the Lord be with you as well brother.
I am still searching long lost relatives after 45 years.
Hope you find them, love from the UK
Share details, who knows who can help
From where?
Take an ancestry DNA test. I found so much of my family
Anyone who's been to Cambodia will know the country is still feeing the pain of the Khmer Rouge even now in 2021. There are people who weren't even born at the time of the killing who have trauma because of the trauma their parents carried from that time. The flow on effects are really dire and will probably last for another hundred years or more. Cambodian people are trying to hard to rebuild their country and their bravery is really admirable. If you get the chance to travel there and support the Cambodian people directly with your tourist dollars, please do so. It really will help.
I pray for many more reunions and my heart goes out to those who lost so many relatives. Prayers of healing to all the Cambodian people who have been through so much trauma ❤️
This was so heart warming but sad.When both women talked about their past,they both look like they were reliving it or watching it happen again.
I'm so happy to see them reunited especially since the younger sister couldn't really remember her family,she now has her older sister and mom to tell her stories.This was such a powerful piece and I'm so happy that that show exists
IM CRYING
I was shocked when the grandma came out 😱😩
Thank you! my tear flowed without my consent
I can’t help but cry with these women:so much happiness and sadness rolled up in one. Much love to them.♥️
brought tears in my eyes... so touching....
Awww I cried, my family was separated too but then decades later we’ve reunited
So blessed to witness this beautiful reunion 😭
I'm over here sobbing! God bless this family
Makes you really appreciate what you have