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Julie on Tuol Sleng and the Killing Fields - Read at your own risk

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January 20th 2008
Not much to say that hasn’t been said before. The horror, the horror. The school turned prison camp in Phnom Penh, S-21, rivals any death camp of the Nazis. Each classroom-turned-torture chamber is left bare, with a bed frame and a gruesome photo enlarged on the wall. The victims of the torture look nothing like human bodies. In fact, the bodies are unrecognizable. The blood stains on the tile ... 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