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The Killing Fields

February 4th 2007
This blog by Lucas: Jac and I decided this experience deserved its own blog entry. The Killing Fields is outside of Pnom Penh, and it is here that Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge systemically and brutally executed thousands of innocent Cambodians. The total estimate of the Khmer Rouge massacre is 2-3 million Cambodians in the late 70's (over 20% of the population!!) A soccer-field-sized area surroun ... read more
Asia » Cambodia » South » Phnom Penh

Cambodian Flag 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
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