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Most Cambodians consider themselves to be Khmers, whose Angkor Empire extended over much of Southeast Asia and reached its zenith between the 10th and 13th centuries. Subsequently, attacks by the Thai and Cham (from present-day Vietnam) weakened the empire ushering in a long period of decline. In 1863, the king of Cambodia placed the country under French protection; it became part of French Indochina in 1887. Following Japanese occupation in World War II, Cambodia became independent within the French Union in 1949 and fully independent in 1953. After a five-year struggle, Communist Khmer Rouge forces captured Phnom Penh in April 1975 and ordered the evacuation of all cities and towns; at least 1.5 million Cambodians died from execution, enforced hardships, or starvation during the Khmer Rouge regime under POL POT. A December 1978 Vietnamese invasion drove the Khmer Rouge into the countryside, led to a 10-year Vietnamese occupation, and touched off almost 13 years of civil war. The 1991 Paris Peace Accords mandated democratic elections and a ceasefire, which was not fully respected by the Khmer Rouge. UN-sponsored elections in 1993 helped restore some semblance of normalcy and the final elements of the Khmer Rouge surrendered in early 1999. Factional fighting in 1997 ended the first coalition government, but a second round of national elections in 1998 led to the formation of another coalition government and renewed political stability. The July 2003 elections were relatively peaceful, but it took one year of negotiations between contending political parties before a coalition government was formed. Nation-wide local elections are scheduled for 2007 and national elections for 2008. To be updated

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2 hours ago: Gavinbedford published a blog
Ko Tao, Samui and Sihanoukville
February 9th 2010  Asia » Cambodia » South » Sihanoukville
First, an apology for not being able to blog for a while... been very busy and internet sessions have been brief and irregular. To start where I left off, Ko Tao was a MASSIVE letdown. It seemed t ... [full story]

10 hours ago: tomharrop published a blog
The horror...
February 9th 2010  Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh
Got to Phnom Penh on Thursday and immediately hit the town hard with some guys from my dorm. In retrospect, it may have been a little too hard. The capitol of Cambodia is still rebuilding after th ... [full story]

Phnom Tamao Wildlife Sanctuary in Cambodia
February 8th 2010  Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh
Phnom Tamao wildlife sanctuary is a treasure in Cambodia! It's a great day trip outside of Phnom Penh in a beautiful area on the way to Kep. All the animals have been rescued from abuse or trafficking ... 52 photos [full story]

1 day ago: JohnandVal published a blog
Cambodia Here We Come ...
February 7th 2010  Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh
First a sporting note ... a really good result for England on the first day of the 6 Nations (sorry Jo and all our friends in Cardiff!!). We tried to stay up to watch the match, but coverage stopped ... [full story]

Beach day
1 day ago: Ed published a blog
Beach day
February 7th 2010  Asia » Cambodia » South » Sihanoukville
We checked into a new hostel in the morning and then spent the rest of the day on the beach reading or swimming and (in my case) getting rather nastily sunburnt. Not much else to say - an interesting ... 1 photos [full story]

The holiday bits
1 day ago: Ed published a blog
The holiday bits
February 6th 2010  Asia » Cambodia » South » Sihanoukville
Another travel day. This time from Phnom Penh to Sihanoukville. What should have been a relatively short journey was lengthened by an an hour and a half by a traffic jam that started and ended for no ... 1 photos [full story]

The nasty bits
1 day ago: Ed published a blog
The nasty bits
February 5th 2010  Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh
Our reason for coming to Phnom Penh was to see the S-21 facility and the Cheung Ek killing fields. We started with the former, a school which had been converted into a prison and interrogation facilit ... 3 photos [full story]

What a hoot...
1 day ago: Ed published a blog
What a hoot...
February 4th 2010  Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh
The next day was another travel day. We got on a small minibus which drove us around the corner to a bus which drove us to the bus station where we got on a coach to take us to Phnom Penh. If that was ... 1 photos [full story]

S21 Museum and the Killing Fields
1 day ago: Zostar published a blog
S21 Museum and the Killing Fields
February 2nd 2010  Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh
Had breakfast at our Guesthouse before setting off with a nice guy (who called himself Mr Bo) who was our Tuk Tuk driver for the day. He took us to the S21 Museum which was originally a high school bu ... 13 photos [full story]

Templed out
1 day ago: Ed published a blog
Templed out
February 3rd 2010  Asia » Cambodia » North » Siem Reap
We had an early start to watch the sunrise at Ankor Wat. Like all things around here, it was crowded and we were perhaps lucky to find somewhere to sit outside the temple precinct itself. While we sat ... 3 photos [full story]


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