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Temple, Palace Area

A day of horror and beauty!

December 29th 2005
In 1975 the Khymer Rouge came to power in Cambodia and for the next four years they ruled and left a scar that will never heal. The Khymer Rouge systematically murdered hundreds of thousands of people in killing fields across the country. People were executed because they were capitalists, or intellectuals, or because they could speak a foreign language. Children were brainwashed into killing thei ... read more
Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

Cambodian Flag 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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