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4 days ago · The Cambodian genocide was the systematic persecution and killing of Cambodian citizens by the Khmer Rouge under the leadership of Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea, Pol Pot. It resulted in the deaths of 1.5 to 2 million people from 1975 to 1979, nearly 25% of Cambodia's population in 1975 ( c. 7.8 million).
- Cambodian–Vietnamese War
The communist movement in Cambodia and Vietnam began before...
- Security Prison 21
On 26 July 2010, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of...
- Killing Fields
External links. Cambodia Killing Fields Memorial Archived 22...
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- Allegations of United States Support for The Khmer Rouge
The United States (U.S.) voted for the Khmer Rouge and the...
- Eastern Zone Massacres
Eastern Zone massacres refers to killings perpetrated by the...
- Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Organs of the ECCC. Office of the Co-Prosecutors. The Office...
- Cambodian Cham
The Chams (Cham: ꨌꩌ, Čaṃ), or Champa people (Cham: ꨂꨣꩃ ꨌꩌꨛꨩ,...
- John Dawson Dewhirst
Early life. Dewhirst was born in the Jesmond district of...
- Year Zero
The first day of "Year Zero" was declared by the Khmer Rouge...
- Cambodian–Vietnamese War
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5 days ago · The communist movement in Cambodia and Vietnam began before World War II with the founding of the Indochinese Communist Party (ICP), almost exclusively dominated by the Vietnamese, originally meant to fight French colonial rule in Indochina.
2 days ago · Phnom Penh (lit. "Penh's hill") takes its name from the present Wat Phnom (lit. "hill temple"), or from the ancient Funan Kingdom, which existed from the 1st to the 7th century AD in Southeast Asia and was the forerunner of the current Cambodian monarchy.
1 day ago · Over the next decade, under the relatively benign tutelage of the Vietnamese, Cambodia struggled back to its feet. Private property was restored; schools reopened, and some Buddhist practices were reintroduced; cities were repopulated; and, with freedom of movement, internal trade flourished.
5 days ago · Phnom Penh, capital and chief city of Cambodia. It lies at the confluence of the Basăk (Bassac), Sab, and Mekong river systems, in the south-central part of the country. Phnom Penh was founded in 1434 to succeed Angkor Thom as the capital of the Khmer nation but was abandoned several times before.
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4 days ago · Cambodia - Khmer Empire, French Rule, Independence: Sihanouk’s government was recognized as the sole legitimate authority within Cambodia at the Geneva Conference convened in 1954 to reach a political settlement to the First Indochina War (the Geneva Accords).
5 days ago · by Gerald Flynn & Vutha Srey on 27 June 2024. Loggers are targeting protected forests in Cambodia’s Cardamom Mountains using the cover of a new hydropower dam. The dam is being built by Ly Yong ...
