S21 Victim Close Up

Phom Penh to Ratanakiri

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February 19th 2008
As I walked through Phom Penh to Tuol Sleng a man was boiling clothes in an iron tub over an open wood fire by the side of the road. Occasionally he would pull them out and dunk them back in with a long metal pole. This has no relevance to anything, I just thought it was curious. The most noticeable thing about Tuol Sleng, former school and infamous former Khmer Rouge S21 prison in the quiet ... 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