The uncovered mass graves

The Killing Fields and S21 prison in Phnom Penh

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January 18th 2010
It has taken me weeks to write this blog, mainly because I didn't know where to start. And because I didn't want to relive the haunting visit we paid to Choeung Ek, also known as The Killing Fields, just outside Phnom Penh in Cambodia. We also went to the holding jail known as S21, which now holds the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum. It is a trip that is not for the faint hearted. For the most part ... 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