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What is Cambodia's current economic status?

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Who can tell us what is the current economic in Cambodia?

What is the size of Cambodia in kilometers?

Cambodia's area is about 70,000 square miles, or about 181,000 square kilometers.

Why did Cambodia become a communist government?

During Vietnam War, Cambodian King, Norodom Sihanouk wanted the South and North Vietnam to become one country again. He also allowed North Vietnamese to station in Cambodia. When US came to help South Vietnam fought the North, US overthrew Cambodian King and replaced with pro-American prime minister, Lon Nol who supported US. Lon Nol allowed Idiot Nixon and Kissinger to drop illegal bombs on Cambodia lands. Nixon and Kissinger did this illegally and kept secret from Americans in mainland. These two stupid dogs believed that North Vietnamese were in the location that they were targeted. But they weren't; American bombs Cambodia for about 2-3 years, more than 500,000 Cambodian civilians were killed and injured. Million of people became homeless and migrated to the capital city, Phnom Penh. While the country was in an ugly shape, Pol Pot(a communist leader) pretended to come and help Cambodians. Pol Pot was a Cambodian scholar who studied abroad in France. He opposed the western technologies. He wanted the country to go back to the year that Cambodia was an empire(12 century). In 1975, he demanded for the evacuation of the cities, all people were forced to march to the country sides, to doing tasks on the field with there bare hands. The Cambodian Genocide then took place from 1975-1979. Who to blame: Cambodia, Vietnam, and US(Only the two ******* stupid Nixon and Kissinger).

What is the currency in Cambodia?

The currency is Riel - although in the cities US$ are used much more often, the ATMs don't even offer you Riel... ($1 = 4000R)

Usually Riel is given as change for amounts less than US$1.

How do you say thank you in cambodian?

Several sites spell it different ways, but the one that sounds best to me is "Aakoon". There is also "ar kun" and "orkun"

I'm Cambodian and can speak and write Cambodian. The closest phonetic in saying thank you is "Aw ko-oon" (pronounce Ko-oon as one syllable). Typically, we don't just say "thank you" by itself. We'd say "I thank you" (Knyoum Aw ko-oon) or "Sohm Aw ko-oon" (polite or official way) or "Sohm Aw Ko-oon J-rahn", Thank You Very Much. Hope that helps.

What is the main source of income in Cambodia?

Laos it doesn't have source of income yet! because their government doesn't know how to create jobs for their peopled could be many ways to do it ,at first the government they have to be honest to their trade and be honest to their own people,give them a chance to grow,give them right to do things, give them hope,give them more freedom, give them right to beloved more encouragement.That is the sourse of economic grow in their future.

How does US rank in size compared to other countries?

Either third or fourth. Behind Russia and Canada. China has claims that are not recognised by the United Nations resulting in different positions as to which country is actually the holder of the third and fourth ranking.

Was Cambodia involved in any wars?

The war with Thailand, and Vietnam( in-between 1400s to 1800s after the Khmer Empire fell)

In World War II, Cambodia emerged unscathed. Though the Japanese occupied the country briefly after the fall of the Vichy French, it was a peaceful occupation that stuck to the vision of decolonisation. The Japanese for instance dropped plans to make a phonetic version of Khmer from the Roman alphabet as the French had used in Vietnam and had in store for Cambodia.

After the fall of Dien Bien Phu and the subsequent incursion of the US in the mid 60s, King Sihanouk displayed remarkable statesmanship by keeping his country neutral between so many great giants; however, Cambodia was drawn in to the Second Indochina war with the newly-founded Khmer Republic under Lon Nol becoming sympathetic to the US in 1970 and Sihanouk turning to the Communists after his ousting. This ended with the arrival in Phnom Penh of the Khmer Rouge in 1975 (coinciding with the year that the South Vietnamese government fell to the North).

Under Pol Pot's leadership, they instigated the Third Indochina War in 1978 by attacking Vietnam. This was quickly ended by a far larger and superior army that had recently defeated a superpower, the Vietnamese took Phnom Penh very early in 1979.

And in 2008 cold war with Thailand when Thai army came into Cambodian soil and claimed that those area were belong to Thailand. But the International Court of Justice had ruled that those dispute areas are belonged to Cambodia.

When did the Khmer rouge take over?

Well.. If I interpret the question correctly, then the answer would probably be in Vietnam. Due to the Ho Chi Minh Trail from the Vietnam War going through part of Cambodia, the American's had been bombing the area. Eventually, it led to the desperation of the people to regain organisation in their government, and they looked towards the Khmer Rouge troops and Pol Pot for support and guidance.

How do you write love in Khmer?

If older or if male: bong srolang oun.

If younger or if girl: oun srolang bong.

Srolang means love. Pronounced like "sro laing."

Age is important when it comes to Khmer customs.

Why does Cambodia need our help?

because they are poor and they don't have money to buy food drink or any thing and they don't have houses school nothing .

How many died in Cambodia under Khmer Rouge?

Although the exact number will never be known, the most common estimates are between 1.4 million and 2.2 million, with perhaps half of those deaths being due to executions, and the rest from starvation and disease - about 20% of the country's population.

Who is the richest in Cambodia?

Neak Oknha Kith Meng is the richest person in Cambodia. He is worth .6 billion dollars. He made his money in television and communications.

Why is Cambodia still poor?

The poverty Situation in Cambodia is commanly refers to household or an individual which doesn't have enough resources and abilities to meet basic need and to function in society and on the other hand it interacts with poor health, education, and basic sevices such as clean water and sanitation, hunger.shelter,being ill and not be able to consult a doctor ,illiterate and not be able possess durable assets,vulnerability to external risk and suffering from chronic pain and exhuastion

When do we celebrate Khmer New Year?

Some year is 13, 14, 15. Some from 14, 15 ,16.

Who imports oil to Cambodia?

Based on my research, Cambodia import all the necessary oil product from Singapore, Vietnam and Thailand.

I hope this will help you for your further research.

What type of language is Khmer?

Cambodian belongs to the Mon-Khmer language family...which Vietnamese belongs to. The languages are somewhat similar. Cambodian is also similar to Thai although Thai comes from a different language family, only because a good portion of Thai borrows words from Cambodia. oh and there is some european/french influence, apparent in words such as "aeroplan" instead of "kapal hou" or "macin" for machine

What does the color red symbolize in the cambodian culture?

AnswerFrom what I have read the blue represents royalty, the red represents the nation, the white represents religion, and the emblem of the temple represents the structure of the universe.

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Blue presents bravery too. And white can also represent peace as well.

Where Continent is Angkor Watt in?

The Angkor Wat is in Cambodia. Cambodia is in ASIA

What do cambodians look like?

Be more specific. If you are talking about the houses in America, it looks like any other house but with Cambodian traditional antiques. Usually you will see a banana tree in the front yard or back yard and also see a garden of vegetables next to the house or apartment. Also, there are usually Cambodian paintings of Angkor Watt or of Apsara Dancers. Also, most likely you would see a bucket in the bathroom next to the bath tub because Cambodians sometimes wash their clothes in the bathtub and hang it to dry on clothes line. Most do their laundry in regular washers and dryers or at Laundry mat. There are straw rugs that are usually placed in the middle of the living room. The kitchen should have a rice cooker and also a rice dispenser that holds about 15 pounds of grain of rice.