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Who Was Who in the Khmer Rouge, Part 1

Beyond Pol Pot and Ta Mok This article was posted in March, 1999. In the two decades since the regime was toppled, not a single Khmer Rouge has been tried in a court of law…

September 2000 Disasters

Sept. 9, Urumqi, Xinjiang, China: 60 people were killed when a truck carrying explosives blew up on a major artery in the city's western suburbs.mid-September, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam…

Ta Mok 2006 Deaths

Ta MokAge: 80 Khmer Rouge leader who was in charge of Cambodia's southwest region under Pol Pot's reign of terror that claimed about 1.7 million victims from 1975 to 1979. Ta Mok's troops…

1970 – 1979 World History

Richard Nixon(1913–1994)The Library of Congress Picture CollectionMao Zedong(1893–1976)Agence France Press/Archive PhotosIngmar Bergman (1918–2007)Archive PhotosLyndon B. Johnson(1908–1973)…

Cochin China

(Encyclopedia) Cochin ChinaCochin Chinakōˈchĭn, kŏˈ– [key], Fr. Cochinchine, historic region (c.26,500 sq mi/68,600 sq km) of Vietnam, SE Asia. The capital and chief city was Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh…

anti–Vietnam War movement

(Encyclopedia) anti–Vietnam War movement, domestic and international reaction (1965–73) in opposition to U.S. policy during the Vietnam War. During the four years following passage of the Tonkin Gulf…

Kingdoms & Monarchs of the World

// Cite Here is a list of the current monarchs throughout the world. King Albert II, Belgium King Norodom Sihamoni, Cambodia Emperor Akihito, Japan King Abdullah II, Jordan Prince…

Angkor

(Encyclopedia) AngkorAngkorăngˈkôr [key], site of several capitals of the Khmer Empire, north of Tônlé Sap, NW Cambodia, for about five and a half centuries (9th to 15th), the heart of the empire.…

Communist Countries, Past and Present

Current Communist Countries: China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam. Formerly Communist countries (by current name): Formerly part of the Soviet Union: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus,…

Vietnam Department of State Background

U.S. Department of State Background Note Vietnam Index: People History Government and Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Vietnam Relations PEOPLEOriginating in what is now…