S21

Cambodia's dark past

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May 12th 2005
In the past two days we've vistited two sites linked to the genocidal acts commited by the Khmer Rouge under Pot Pols regime between 1975 and 1979. First we visited the Toul Sleng prison, also known as S21 or Security Station 21, and secondly we visited the killing fields, some of the mass graves where victims from Toul Sleng were executed and buried. S21 was an amazing, and at the same time di ... 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