One of the most remarkable aspects of Jolie and Ung’s screenplay is how little exposition ... so is she.” That journey finds the movie’s depiction of Loung trekking through forests and ...

After seeing Loung Ung, author of “First They Killed My Father,” speak at a recent event organized by the Stanford Khmer Association, I was more than a little ... As she fled with her family ...

Jolie purchased a copy of the book from a street vendor in Cambodia. Then, she reached out to Ung, wanting to meet the author. When they met, they realized they had a lot in common -- and were ...

Loung explained, "I didn't give myself credit as a survivor and a fighter." Speaking with characteristic honesty and openness, Ung explained how she learned to redefine how she saw herself and her ...

When they parted, the two sisters, survivors of war, promised to see each other again in five years, but that reunion didn’t happen until much later. Loung, 10, and the youngest child, was ...

Readers of Loung Ung’s first book ... In “Lucky Child,” her second book, Ung describes resettling with her older brother’s family in bucolic Vermont, and she seems to adjust well to ...

Angelina Jolie discovered author Loung Ung's memoir 17 years ago while filming in Cambodia. Now, she's bringing Ung's ... I realized how little I was taught in school, how little I had been ...

Tomb Raider,” little did she know that such a simple act would change her life forever. Struck by Loung Ung’s memoir as a young girl living in the horrific regime of the Khmer Rouge ...

“A-moy,” little daughter, Amah said ... Eighty pounds, withered, and wrinkled, Amah was the matriarch of the Ung clan, and with this title she wielded the formidable power to coerce all her ...

Loung Ung, a lifelong humanitarian peace activist and famous author, has shared her gratitude for the recognition her work has received from a global peace organisation. On March 13, she took to ...

Loung Ung struggles to rebuild her life as the 'lucky one' chosen to travel to the US, coping with PTSD and longing to reunite with the sister she left behind in Cambodia. Show more In the Chinese ...