What year did thousands flee Cambodia as the Khmer Rouge stepped up in violence?
The Paris Peace Accord was signed in 1973, at which time the US withdrew it's remaining AIR POWER. At that time, the communists were able to extend their operations more freely without fearing destruction from the B-52 Bombers. US B-52 Bombers were the number 1 concern of communist forces during the war; in North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Cambodia and Lao's.
Do cambodians speak cantonese?
Don't be stupid, they speak Dutch. Um, DER!
(But in all seriousness, cambodians speak cambodian. Although some may learn
a second language of Cantonese.)
Why don't some children in Cambodia go school?
Some children in Cambodia don't go to school because their families are poor, so their parents want them to work for money. Some parents don't have enough money to buy school supplies for their children. Some children that live far away from school can not go to school,too.
Who had a greater impact on their country Mao Zedong or Pol Pot?
Since Red China is a world power, and Cambodia is not, Mao did. but pol pot killed million of his own people
What are the top 5 places in cambodia?
Siem Reap (for the Angkor Wat temple complex), Phnom Penh (the capital city, where people go to visit The Killing Fields and The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum / S21) Battambang (to ride on the Bamboo Train and visit The Killing Caves), Silhanoukville (for the beaches) and Kampong Cham (for the Bamboo Bridge).
to help the poor people which were the majority of ppl in combodia
What is Cambodia's average monthly rainfall?
The average rainfall that I have found seems to be between 100-150 cm per year. The dry months (Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar) average between 5-30 mm per month. Sept. & Oct. average around 250 mm per month.
What river in Southern China empties in the South China Sea?
The Yangtze river and the Huang river ___________________________________________________ The two great rivers of South China I would say are Yangtze River and the Xun River. Yellow river or Huang River being more north china.
The Vietnamese overthrew the Khmer Rouge when they invaded Cambodia/Kampuchea in 1979.
Yes. The Cambodian genocide ended in 1979 when the Vietnamese Army invaded Cambodia and overthrew Pol Pot's government.
What were the Khmer Rouge's reasons for committing genocide in Cambodia?
Pol Pot described pre revolutionary Cambodia as consisting of peasants and workers, bourgeoisie, capitalists and feudalists. After the revolution, it consisted of workers, peasants and all other Kampuchean working people. No concessions were made for landlords and bourgeoisie that were sympathetic to the movement, as had been done during the Chinese revolution. The Middle class or people living in urban areas were reclassified as "new people", and defined as those who were unsympathetic to Democratic Kampuchea, were moved constantly and subjected to the hardest work.
Who is Pol Pot in Cambodian history?
Pol Pot was a dictator who had a grandiose vision of resurrecting the Angkorian Empire of 800 years ago. Unfortunately his dream became the nightmare of millions of Cambodians who were forced to leave the cities and work on massive collective farms. Failure and dissidence were met with violence. This led Pol Pot to engineer a mass slaughter of over 12% of the Cambodian population.
What are the brands of unilever in Cambodia?
Dove , Clear, Vasaline, knor ,lux , Sansilk , Comfort,resonar ,viso,Libton , aviance ,