Nate Thayer

Nate Thayer (* April 21, 1960 ) is an American journalist, co-workers, among others, for the Associated Press, " Jane's Defence Weekly," Washington Post, " Phnom Penh Post " and " Far Eastern Economic Review ".

Life

Thayer made ​​in July 1997 worldwide headlines when he reported exclusively on the " People's Tribunal " of the Khmer Rouge against Pol Pot in the jungles of northern Cambodia. Thayer was then only together with cinematographer David McKaige foreign eyewitness to the conviction of former ruler to life imprisonment.

In October 1997, he was the second western journalist (after Elizabeth Becker in 1978 ) to interview Pol Pot. Later, Nate Thayer held talks with other officials of the Khmer Rouge, including Ta Mok and Kang Kek Leu, director of the torture center S -21 ( Tuol Sleng ).

Publications (selection)

• Sympathy for the Devil. Living Dangerously in Cambodia - A Foreign Correspondent 's Story. New York 1999.
• Forbidden City. In: Far Eastern Economic Review (Hong Kong), October 22, 1997.