Stories about War & Conflict in Phnom Penh
Distant Relatives in Flesh and Stonepeter barnes - pdbarnes [375] The National Museum seemed like a good place to get our cultural bearings. And it was, meaning it was the first in a long line of the unexpected in Cambodia.
Destinations:
Phnom Penh |
Cambodia
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Visiting A Land Mines MuseumMaryLou Driedger - marylou [4,443] Khom acted as our well informed tour guide at a land mines museum in Siem Reap.
Destinations:
Kbal Spean |
Battambang |
Bokor |
Poutang |
Thun Mong |
Angkor |
Siem Reap |
Kompong Thom |
Poipet |
Phnom Penh |
Sihanouk Ville |
Kratie |
Cambodia |
Koh Kong |
Preah Seihanu |
Tonle Sap |
Stoeng Treng |
Pailin |
Bot Sala |
Lancang-Mekong River
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A Ticket to Hope - CambodiaLee Alvin - oldyonfoldy [801] A returned visit to the capital city of the "Wild wild east" of South East Asia led me to discover new hope for Cambodia's future through her warm and remarkable young people. Its a city bravely...
Destinations:
Phnom Penh |
Cambodia |
Angkor
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Cam' Jan 2005geoff lorimer - geofflorimer [89] After many years studying the country, I finally made it to Cambodia for my 50th birthday this year, 2005, as I share my birthday with Cambodian liberation from genocide day 7th jan. I felt more so...
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Phnom Penh |
Cambodia
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A Master of DelusionsKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] Review of what seems to be the only biography of Pol Pot extant.
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Phnom Penh |
Cambodia
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Film Review: The Killing Fields and Swimming to CambodiaCeleste Heiter - cheiter [29,099] For anyone interested in the 20th century history of Southeast Asia, the pairing of two excellent films, The Killing Fields and Swimming to Cambodia, is an enlightening experience. Although well past...
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Phnom Penh |
Cambodia
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Ordinary Cambodians speak upAnn Kohler - akohler [646] Cambodia, 2004 - After 27 years of waiting, Cambodia and the international community are at loggerheads over how to try those who led the brutal Khmer Rouge regime of the 1970s. But while the...
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Phnom Penh |
Cambodia
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TrialAnn Kohler - akohler [646] Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2004 - The United Nations recently pulled out of negotiations with the Cambodian government over how to try one-time leaders of the Khmer Rouge in an international-style court of...
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Phnom Penh |
Cambodia
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Le Mal JauneKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] Although the term Indochina is an arbitrary one, employed by the French to encompass their possessions of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, there are several things that these very different and often...
Destinations:
Phnom Penh |
Hanoi |
Vientiane |
Cambodia |
Laos |
Indochina |
Vietnam |
Mekong River
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"You Must Not Cry At All": Tuol Sleng and Cambodia's RuinKenneth Champeon - kchampeon [19,644] In an effort to draw foreign exchange from tourism, Cambodia tends to popularize its most famous possession, and its most infamous: the ruins of Angkor and the evidence of the Khmer Rouge (KR) purges.
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Phnom Penh |
Cambodia
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