Tuol Sleng

Visions of Hell

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January 11th 2007
The ghosts of Pol Pot still visit Phnom Penh. A visit to Phnom Penh is not complete without a visit to Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is situated in the former Tuol Svay Prey High School building that Pol Pot converted into a prison, torture, interrogation and extermination centre, which the Khmer Rouge renamed as "Security Prison 21" (S-21). Tuol Sleng is a Khmer name ... read more

Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

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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