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When Broken Glass Floats

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March 4th 2011
Is an autobiography of Chanrithy Him, a young Khymer girl from a good family who was forced to labour during the Pol Pot era. What I found interesting was that the violence and oppression was not indiscriminate but very systematic and cold. She escaped to Thailand when the Vietnamese liberated Cambodia. Then she went to America. Everybody here has a story. But you don't want to ask and the ... read more

Asia » Cambodia

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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 ... ... read more