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Background: 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.



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Uncle Thom
11 days ago: phaedrus published a blog
Uncle Thom
August 10th 2008  Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor
A train of elephants comes parading out of the south gate of the Angkor Thom compound as I was walking down the short causeway that leads to the entrance. The elephant drivers are all wearing green un ... 15 photos [full story]

Angkorama
17 days ago: phaedrus published a blog
Angkorama
August 3rd 2008  Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor
I woke up relatively early in the morning of my second day in Cambodia, a nice partly cirrus-cloudy morning with no trace of the rain that came pouring down in the Siem Reap flatlands the night before ... 16 photos [full story]

Quand je serai grand je serai chauffeur de tuk-tuk
August 3rd 2008  Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor
Comment expliquer la magnitude des Temples de Angkor? Parmi tous les temples de Angkor, prenez l'un des plus moches, classé une étoile seulement dans le petit guide touristique, et déménagez le dans n ... 19 photos [full story]

Angkor Wat, Cambodia 21st - 24th July
July 30th 2008  Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor
We got up early on Monday 21st July to catch a bus from Bangkok's Northern Bus Terminal, Morchit to Aranya Prathet near the Thai-Cambodian border. The bus journey took 4 hours and then we hired a ... 14 photos [full story]

30 days ago: kmgs published a blog
Angkor Wat and swimming on a bicycle
July 21st 2008  Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor
We started out by renting bicycles to go and see the former capital of the mighty kingdom of Angkor. There were tuk tuk's and taxi's everywhere but had read that biking was a nice way to do it. ... [full story]

Leaving Cambodia
37 days ago: ccecys published a blog
Leaving Cambodia
July 14th 2008  Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor
Hi I'm going to try to add photos and worry about adding comments later. Included are some photos of us in Phnom Penh with our Cambodian Teachers that we worked with, the US Ambassaor to Cambodia, di ... 12 photos [full story]

43 days ago: Ericaabuzo published a blog
The wonders of Angkor
July 8th 2008  Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor
Day 10- Tuesday This morning we were awakened at 3.50am by loud explosions which continued every few minutes for about twenty minutes. I personally, in a room alone was not worried. They actually r ... [full story]

Angkor Wat pt.2
45 days ago: BBMS published a blog
Angkor Wat pt.2
June 27th 2008  Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor
Continuing our adventure through the temples....we proceeded to the outlying regions on Friday. Hinda drove us about 50 km north of Angkor Wat on flat paved roads through farmlands and small towns...b ... 16 photos [full story]

Calling Indiana Jones...
49 days ago: but_home_is_nowhere published a blog
Calling Indiana Jones...
February 18th 2007  Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor
Angkor, a UNESCO World Heritage Sight just outside of Siem Reap, had been on my “must-see” list since I caught a glimpse of it on the Discovery channel as a child. Having mainly seen imag ... 12 photos [full story]

Angkor temples - a wonder of the ancient world
June 29th 2008  Asia » Cambodia » North » Angkor
Flying into Siem Reap in the north of Cambodia was a bit of a shock to the system. After weeks in Laos where the temperament was chilled out and we almost never got hassled for anything, Siem Reap was ... 32 photos [full story]


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