Killing Fields - Phnom Penh

The sounds of children playing in the school next door to the Killing Fields intensifies the reality of the suffering experienced here.

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Cambodia

April 2nd 2007
Phnom Penh Cambodia is not really a holiday destination but more of an insight into the highs and lows of humanity. Between 1975- 1979 the khmer Rouge under the leadership of Pol Pot massacred 2 million people in one of the world's worst genocides. The regime targeted educated people, people who wore glasses or spoke a foreign language, in an attempt to form a peasant society. In ... read more

Asia » Cambodia

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 ... ... read more

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