Monument at the Killing Fields

The Killing Fields

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October 5th 2008
As I boarded the luxury coach (the ticket cost 10 USD and it came with a free bottle of water) from Siem Reap to Phnom Penh I was hoping that the 6 hour journey would be long enough to finish the book I had started. The book was called 'First they killed my father' by Loung Eng and tells a story of life (and death) under the Khmer Rouge's genocidal regime from 1975-79. Khmer Rouge ... read more

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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