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  • 2003 Phnom Penh riots
    2003 Phnom Penh riots
    In January 2003, a Cambodian newspaper article falsely alleged that a Thai actress claimed that Angkor Wat belonged to Thailand. Other Cambodian print and radio media picked up the report and furthered the nationalistic sentiment which resulted in riots in Phnom Penh on January 29 where the Thai...

     Anti Thai riots over Angkor Wat
  • 2008 Cambodian-Thai stand-off
    2008 Cambodian-Thai stand-off
    The Cambodian–Thai border dispute began in June 2008 as the latest round of a century-long dispute between Cambodia and Thailand involving the area surrounding the 11th-century Preah Vihear Temple, located in the Dângrêk Mountains between the Choam Khsant district in the Preah Vihear province of...


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  • ACLEDA Bank
    ACLEDA Bank
    ACLEDA Bank is a privately owned bank based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia with 232 branches nationwide, the most in Cambodia, and 7,024 staff members across all provinces and towns in the Kingdom of Cambodia and five provinces in Laos...

     privately owned bank based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
  • ADHOC
    ADHOC
    This article is about the Human Rights Organization, for the Apple Computer Software Convention, see MacHack. ADHOC is a Cambodian human rights organization, founded in 1991...

     human rights organisation, founded in 1991.
  • ANZ Royal Bank
    ANZ Royal Bank
    ANZ Royal is a bank in Cambodia with 23 branches that provides internet banking and a network of Automated Teller Machines at 101 locations both at branches and off-site. It also offers an "institutional team to assist multinational businesses operating in Cambodia"...

     joint venture of ANZ and Royal Group.
  • Accreditation Committee of Cambodia
    Accreditation Committee of Cambodia
    The Accreditation Committee of Cambodia or the ACC is a national independent higher education quality and assessment body of Cambodia. The ACC was established in Phnom Penh on March 2003 under the supervision of the Council of Ministers chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister Sok An to develop the...

     national higher education quality and assessment body.
  • Air Cambodia
  • Aki Ra
    Aki Ra
    Aki Ra is a former Khmer Rouge conscripted child soldier who works as a deminer and museum curator in Siem Reap, Cambodia.Aki Ra is unsure of his age, but believes he was born in 1970. His parents were killed by the Khmer Rouge...

  • Al Rockoff
    Al Rockoff
    Al Rockoff is an American photojournalist made famous by his coverage of the Vietnam War and of the Khmer Rouge takeover of Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital. He was portrayed in the Academy Award winning film The Killing Fields by actor John Malkovich, although he has never been happy with this...

  • An Ambition Reduced to Ashes
    An Ambition Reduced to Ashes
    An Ambition Reduced to Ashes is a 1995 Cambodian short film drama directed by Norodom Sihanouk....

     a 1995 Cambodian short film drama directed by Norodom Sihanouk.
  • Ancient Khmer Highway
    Ancient Khmer Highway
    The Ancient Khmer Highway was a 225 km roadway going northwest between Angkor and Phimai . While it was not the only such road built by the Khmer, it was the most important one....

  • Ang Duong
    Ang Duong
    Ang Duong was king of Cambodia.Ang Duong was younger son of king Ang Eng, who 1779-1797 was ruler of Cambodia at the then capital Oudong, by one of his Thai consorts, Ros, 'queen Vara' , whom he had taken as concubine in 1793 from Bangkok.He is regarded as the Great-King of Cambodia who...

  • Angk Snuol
  • Angkor
    Angkor
    Angkor is a region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire, which flourished from approximately the 9th to 15th centuries. The word Angkor is derived from the Sanskrit nagara , meaning "city"...

  • Angkor Airways
  • Angkor International Airport
    Angkor International Airport
    Siem Reap International Airport is the airport in Cambodia handling the greatest number of passengers. It is located in Siem Reap, home of Angkor Wat.The full architecture design of the airport was developed by Archetype Group...

  • Angkor Thom
    Angkor Thom
    Angkor Thom , located in present day Cambodia, was the last and most enduring capital city of the Khmer empire. It was established in the late twelfth century by king Jayavarman VII. It covers an area of 9 km², within which are located several monuments from earlier eras as well as those...

  • Angkor Wat
    Angkor Wat
    Angkor Wat is a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation – first Hindu,...

  • Anlong Veng
  • António da Madalena
  • Aoral District
    Aoral District
    Aoral District is a district located in Kampong Speu Province in central Cambodia. It includes Phnom Aural, the highest peak in Cambodia.-Administration:Aoral District is subdivided into 5 communes -References:...

  • Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang
    Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang
    The Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang is a territorial subdivision of the Roman Catholic Church in Cambodia.The prefecture covers an area of 80,430 km² of north-western Cambodia, covering the provinces Battambang, Pursat, Kompong Chhnang, Kompong Thom, Siem Reap, Preah Vihear, Oddar...

  • Apostolic Prefecture of Kompong Cham
    Apostolic Prefecture of Kompong Cham
    The Apostolic Prefecture of Kompong Cham is a territorial subdivision of the Roman Catholic Church in Cambodia.The prefecture covers an area of 66,347 km² of eastern Cambodia, covering the provinces Kampong Cham, Kratié, Stung Treng, Ratanak Kiri, Mondul Kiri, Svay Rieng and Prey Veng. As of...

  • Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh
    Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh
    The Apostolic Vicariate of Phnom Penh is a territorial subdivision of the Roman Catholic Church in Cambodia. It is immediately subject to the Holy See....

  • Apsaras
  • Architecture of Cambodia
    Architecture of Cambodia
    The period of Angkor is the period from approximately the latter half of the 8th century AD to the first half of the 15th century. If precise dates are required, the beginning may be set in 802 AD, when the founder of the Khmer Empire , Jayavarman II pronounced himself universal monarch and...

  • Asia Emergency Response Facility
    Asia Emergency Response Facility
    Asia Emergency Response Facility, or AERF, is a Special Operation of the United Nations World Food Programme, designed to establish an emergency response facility in Asia....

  • Autogenocide
    Autogenocide
    Autogenocide is the extermination of a country's citizens by its own people or government. Auto comes from the Greek reflexive pronoun while genocide comes from Greek genos meaning "race, tribe" and the Latin word -cidere meaning "kill"....

  • Awareness Cambodia
    Awareness Cambodia
    Awareness Cambodia is a non-profit incorporated charity organisation pioneered by Perth dentist Dr Gary Hewett in 1995. What began as one brave man's vision for change has since long outgrown its humble origins...


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  • Bakan District
    Bakan District
    Bakan District is a district in Pursat Province, Cambodia. The district capital is at Trapeang Chong located on National Highway 5 around 15 kilometres north of the provincial capital at Pursat town....

  • Baksei Chamkrong
    Baksei Chamkrong
    Baksei Chamkrong is a small Hindu temple located in the Angkor complex . It is dedicated to Lord Shiva and used to hold a golden image of him. The temple can be seen on the left side when entering Angkor Thom at the southern gate. It was dedicated to Yasovarman by his son, King Harshavarman I...

  • Bamboo Island, Cambodia
    Bamboo Island, Cambodia
    Koh Russei or Bamboo Island is one of a group of small islands in the Gulf of Thailand located about 10 km off the coast of Sihanoukville city, in southern Cambodia. For many years, Koh Russei was remarkable only as a small naval outpost. However, increasing development and rising tourist numbers...

  • Banan District (Cambodia)
    Banan District (Cambodia)
    Banan District is a district of Battambang Province, in north-western Cambodia.- Administration :The district is subdivided into 8 communes and 72 villages .- Communes and villages :-References:...

  • Banlung
    Banlung
    Banlung is the capital of Ratanakiri Province in northeastern Cambodia. Banlung is 636 km from the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh. Ratanakiri province borders Vietnam and Laos. Banlung is also the capital of the Banlung District. The city has a population of around 17,000 and the surrounding...

  • Banteay Chhmar
    Banteay Chhmar
    Banteay Chhmar​ is a commune in Thma Puok District in Banteay Meanchey province in northwest Cambodia. It is located 63 km north of Sisophon and about 20 km east of the Thai border...

  • Banteay Kdei
    Banteay Kdei
    Banteay Kdei , meaning "A Citadel of Chambers", also known as "Citadel of Monks' cells", is a Buddhist temple in Angkor, Cambodia. It is located southeast of Ta Prohm and east of Angkor Thom...

  • Banteay Meanchey
  • Banteay Samré
    Banteay Samré
    Banteay Samré is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia located east of the East Baray. Built under Suryavarman II and Yasovarman II in the early 12th century, it is a Hindu temple in the Angkor Wat style....

  • Banteay Srei
    Banteay Srei
    Banteay Srei or Banteay Srey is a 10th century Cambodian temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva. Located in the area of Angkor in Cambodia. It lies near the hill of Phnom Dei, north-east of the main group of temples that once belonged to the medieval capitals of Yasodharapura and Angkor Thom...

  • Baphuon
    Baphuon
    The Baphuon is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia. It is located in Angkor Thom, northwest of the Bayon. Built in the mid-11th century, it is a three-tiered temple mountain built as the state temple of Udayadityavarman II dedicated to the Hindu God Shiva. It is the archetype of the Baphuon style...

  • Barang
  • Baray
    Baray
    A baray is an artificial body of water which is a common element of the architectural style of the Khmer Empire of Southeast Asia. The largest are the East Baray and West Baray in the Angkor area, each rectangular in shape, oriented east-west and measuring roughly five by one and a half miles....

  • Basedth District
    Basedth District
    Borsedth District is a district in the south of Kampong Speu Province, in southern Cambodia. The district capital is Borsedth town located some 50 kilometres south of the provincial capital of Kampong Speu by road. The district shares a border with Kampot and Takeo provinces to the south.National...

  • Bassac River
    Bassac River
    The Bassac River is a distributary of the Tonle Sap and Mekong River. The river starts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and flows southerly, crossing the border into Vietnam near Châu Đốc....

  • Batheay District, a district of Kampong Cham Province
  • Battambang
    Battambang
    Battambang is the capital city of Battambang province in northwestern Cambodia.Battambang is the second-largest city in Cambodia with a population of over 250,000. Founded in the 11th century by the Khmer Empire, Battambang is well known for being the leading rice-producing province of the country...

  • Battambang Airport
    Battambang Airport
    Battambang Airport is an airport serving Battambang, a city in Battambang Province, Cambodia.-Facilities:The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designed 07/25 with an asphalt surface measuring ....

  • Battambang Province
    Battambang Province
    Battambang is a province in northwestern Cambodia. It is bordered to the North with Banteay Meanchey, to the West with Thailand, and to the East and South with Pursat. The capital of the province is the city of Battambang. The name, meaning 'lost staff', refers to the legend of Preah Bat Dambang...

  • Battambang Province (Thailand)
    Battambang Province (Thailand)
    Phra Tabong Province was a province of Thailand, from the late 18th century until it was ceded to French Indochina in 1907, and again between 1941-1946 after Thailand recaptured it during the Japanese occupation of Cambodia in World War II....

  • Battle of Kampot
    Battle of Kampot
    The Battle of Kampot was a major battle of the Vietnam War, also a part of the Cambodian Civil War. From February 26 to April 2, 1974, Cambodian government troops battled Khmer Rouge guerillas for the control of Kampot city.-The Battle of Kampot:...

  • Battle of Kompong Speu
    Battle of Kompong Speu
    The Battle of Kompong Speu began on June 12, 1970 when the combined forces of the South Vietnamese and Cambodian Armies fought to recapture the provincial capital of Kompong Speu. The town was captured by Communist forces on June 13 but was retaken by allied forces on June 16....

  • Battle of Prey Veng
    Battle of Prey Veng
    The Battle of Prey Veng was part of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam's campaign in Cambodia. It took place in Prey Veng on June 15, 1970, where ARVN and Cambodian troops battled the Vietnam People's Army and Vietcong forces. It ended with an anti-communist victory.-References:Bowman S. John ...

  • Battle of Svay Rieng
  • Bayon
    Bayon
    The Bayon is a well-known and richly decorated Khmer temple at Angkor in Cambodia. Built in the late 12th century or early 13th century as the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII, the Bayon stands at the centre of Jayavarman's capital, Angkor Thom...

  • Beat Richner
    Beat Richner
    Dr. Beat Richner is a Swiss pediatrician, cellist , and founder of children's hospitals in Cambodia.Richner worked at the Kantha Bopha Children's Hospital in Phnom Penh in 1974 and 1975...

  • Ben Kiernan
    Ben Kiernan
    Benedict F. Kiernan is the Whitney Griswold Professor of History, Professor of International and Area Studies and Director of the Genocide Studies Program at Yale University. He is a prolific writer on the Cambodian genocide...

  • Beng Mealea
    Beng Mealea
    Beng Mealea is a temple in the Angkor Wat style located 40 km east of the main group of temples at Angkor, Cambodia, on the ancient royal highway to Preah Khan Kompong Svay.-The temple:...

  • Bhante Dharmawara
    Bhante Dharmawara
    Bhante Dharmawara was a Cambodian-born Theravada monk and teacher who died at the age of 110.He was well educated and became a lawyer, judge and provincial governor before he began studying Buddhism and became a monk in his 30s...

  • Bhavavarman I
    Bhavavarman I
    Bhavavarman I was a king of the Cambodian kingdom of Kamboja, which would later become the Khmer empire. Though the full dates of his reign are unknown, it is known that he reigned around the year 550....

  • Bi cha
  • Bi pong moun
    Bi pong moun
    Bi pong moun ​​​i​​​​​​s a Cambodian dish, consisting of fried eggs and white rice. Beaten eggs are preferred and herbs are added for flavor. Unbeaten eggs are usually cooked until crisp on one side and somewhat raw on the other side. Salt and soy sauce are used to flavor the eggs, and soy sauce...

  • Bok l'hong
    Bok l'hong
    Bok l'hong is the Khmer version of a dish popularly known in English as papaya salad. The word l'hong means papaya in Khmer. The word bok refers to the ingredients being beaten with a mortar and pestle.Despite the use of papaya, which one may think of as sweet, this salad is actually savoury...

  • Bokator
    Bokator
    Bokator, or more formally, Labokkatao is a Cambodian martial art that includes close hand-to-hand combat, ground techniques and weapons. Possibly the oldest existing fighting system in Cambodia, oral tradition indicates that bokator or an early form thereof was the close quarter combat system used...

  • Bokor Hill Station
    Bokor Hill Station
    Bokor Hill Station is an abandoned French town in Preah Monivong National Park. Construction started in 1921 on Dâmrei Mountains, about 20 km as the crow flies West from the town of Kampot, southern Cambodia...

  • Bon Om Thook
    Bon Om Thook
    Bon Om Tuk , or the Cambodian Water Festival, is a Cambodian festival celebrated in November and marks a reversal of the flow of the Tonle Sap River. Every town and province joins in with the festival but the biggest celebrations take place in Phnom Penh with boat racing along the Sisowath Quay...

  • Bour Kry
    Bour Kry
    Samdech Preah Sanghareach Bour Kry is the seventh and current Supreme Patriarch of the Dhammayuttika order of Cambodia.-Early life:...

     Supreme Patriarch of the Dhammayuttika Order
  • Buddhism in Cambodia
    Buddhism in Cambodia
    The kind of Buddhism practiced in Cambodia is called Theravada Buddhism. Buddhism has existed in Cambodia since at least the 5th century CE, with some sources placing its origin as early as the 3rd century BCE...

  • Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party
    Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party
    The Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party was a Cambodian political party founded in 1993 by former Cambodian Prime Minister Son Sann. The BLDP was created as a successor to the Khmer People's National Liberation Front , an anti-communist group also started by Son Sann.-1993 Cambodian election:The...

  • Bun Rany
    Bun Rany
    Dr. Bun Rany is the wife of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and head of the Cambodian Red Cross. She is addressed and referred to by the honorific "Lok Chumteav", Khmer for Her Excellency.-Early life:...

  • Bun Sothea

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  • Cambodia
    Cambodia
    Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...

  • Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Monument
    Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Monument
    The Cambodia-Vietnam Friendship Monument in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, is a large concrete monument commemorating the former alliance between Vietnam and Cambodia...

  • Cambodia Airlines
    Cambodia Airlines
    Cambodia Airlines was an airline based in Cambodia. It was founded in 1997 and dissolved in 2005....

  • Cambodia: A Book For People Who Find Television too Slow
    Cambodia: A Book For People Who Find Television too Slow
    Cambodia: A Book For People Who Find Television too Slow is a book of short stories by Brian Fawcett. It was first published in 1988 ....

     a book of short stories by Brian Fawcett.
  • Cambodia at the 1956 Summer Olympics
    Cambodia at the 1956 Summer Olympics
    Cambodia competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Cambodia did not send any athletes to Melbourne, Australia where most of the Games events were held, but two Cambodian riders competed in the equestrian events held in Stockholm, Sweden earlier that...

  • Cambodia at the 1964 Summer Olympics
    Cambodia at the 1964 Summer Olympics
    Cambodia competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after missing the 1960 Summer Olympics.-References:*...

  • Cambodia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
    Cambodia at the 1972 Summer Olympics
    Cambodia competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after missing the 1968 Summer Olympics.-Athletics:Men's 100 metres*Ting- Ting LarLok Samphon...

  • Cambodia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
    Cambodia at the 1996 Summer Olympics
    Cambodia competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. It was the first time the nation had participated in the Olympic Games in 24 years.-Athletics:Men's Marathon* Rithya To — 105th place...

  • Cambodia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    Cambodia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    -Athletics:Men's Marathon* Rithya To* Final — 3:03:56 Women's 100 metres* Chan Than Ouk* Round 1 — 14.13 -Swimming:Men's 50m Freestyle* Kiry Hem...

  • Cambodia at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    Cambodia at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    Cambodia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-Athletics:Men's 100 metres* Sopheak Phouk*Round 1 — 11.56 s Women's 100 metres* Tit Linda Sou*Round 1 — 13.47 s -Swimming:...

  • Cambodia at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games
    Cambodia at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games
    Cambodia participated in the 2005 Southeast Asian Games which were held in multiple venues in the Philippines from November 27, 2005 to December 5, 2005.-Participation details:Rank No. 10 Medal TallyGold=0Silver=3Bronze=9Total=12...

  • Cambodia national football team
    Cambodia national football team
    The Cambodia national football team is the national team of Cambodia and is controlled by the Football Federation of Cambodia . It was known as the Khmer Republic national football team from 1970 to 1975. It finished fourth in the 1972 Asian Cup, but is currently one of the weakest teams in the...

  • Cambodia national rugby union team
    Cambodia national rugby union team
    The Cambodia national rugby union team represents Cambodia in international rugby union. The country's national union is a member of the International Rugby Board and have yet to play in a Rugby World Cup tournament. The Cambodia national rugby team played their first international in 2005 -...

  • Cambodia under Pol Pot (1975-1979)
  • Cambodia under Sihanouk (1954-1970)
    Cambodia under Sihanouk (1954-1970)
    The First administration of Sihanouk from 1953–1970 was an especially significant time in the history of Cambodia. Norodom Sihanouk continues to be one of the most controversial figures in Southeast Asia's turbulent, and often tragic, postwar history.-The Geneva Conference and Viet Minh...

  • Cambodian-Vietnamese War
    Cambodian-Vietnamese War
    The Cambodian–Vietnamese War was an armed conflict between the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and Democratic Kampuchea. The war began with isolated clashes along the land and maritime boundaries of Vietnam and Kampuchea between 1975 and 1977, occasionally involving division-sized military formations...

  • Cambodian American
    Cambodian American
    A Cambodian American is an American who is born, raised, or from Cambodia usually of Khmer descent but also including Chinese Cambodians, Vietnamese Cambodians, Cham people and other ethnicities of Cambodia...

  • Cambodian Association of Illinois
  • Cambodian Campaign
  • Cambodian Children's Fund
    Cambodian Children's Fund
    Cambodian Children's Fund The CCF was founded in 2003 by Scott Neeson to aid the most impoverished of Cambodia’s children. The CCF's Phnom Penh facility was initially established as a safe house for Cambodia’s orphaned, abandoned or abused children, providing secure shelter and nutritional meals...

  • Cambodian Children's Trust
    Cambodian Children's Trust
    The Cambodian Children’s Trust is a non-profit NGO running projects to help stop the cycle of poverty in the Battambang region of Cambodia. CCT gives practical, long-term help to some of the most vulnerable people in Cambodia....

  • Cambodian Civil War
    Cambodian Civil War
    The Cambodian Civil War was a conflict that pitted the forces of the Communist Party of Kampuchea and their allies the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and the Viet Cong against the government forces of Cambodia , which were supported by the United States and the Republic of Vietnam The Cambodian...

  • Cambodia Commercial Bank
    Cambodia Commercial Bank
    Cambodia Commercial Bank is the first foreign owned bank in Cambodia. It was established in 1991....

  • Cambodia Development Cooperation Forum
    Cambodia Development Cooperation Forum
    The first Cambodia Development Cooperation Forum , a restructured format for the Consultative Group meeting, was held in Phnom Penh on June 19-20, 2007. The CDCF was chaired by the Royal Government of Cambodia with the World Bank as the Lead Donor Facilitator. The theme for 2007 was "Progress...

  • Cambodian Football Federation
    Cambodian Football Federation
    Football Federation of Cambodia is the governing body of football in Cambodia, controlling the Cambodian national team. It was founded in 1933, and has been a member of FIFA since 1953 and the Asian Football Confederation since 1957.-External links:...

  • Cambodian Freedom Fighters
    Cambodian Freedom Fighters
    The Cambodian Freedom Fighters is an anti-communist political and paramilitary organization that was established on October 21, 1989, by its founder, Chhun Yasith, at Poipet near the Cambodian-Thai border. Their headquarters are in Long Beach, California, United States...

  • Cambodian French (linguistics)
    Cambodian French (linguistics)
    Cambodian French is the dialect of French spoken in Cambodia. Cambodia is the smallest of the three Francophone nations in Asia, the others being Vietnam and Laos and French has declined the most in Cambodia out of all the Asian Francophone nations.-History:The French language began its presence...

  • Cambodian French (people)
    Cambodian French (people)
    Cambodians in France consist largely of ethnic Khmer refugees who fled there during the Second Indochina War, though some Cambodians came to France while Cambodia was a French protectorate from 1863–1953...

  • Cambodian League
    Cambodian League
    -Metfone C-League Clubs :* Build Bright United* Chhlam Samuth* Kirivong Sok Sen Chey* Nagacorp FC* National Defense Ministry* Phnom Penh Crown* Police Commissary* Preah Khan Reach * Prek Pra Keila ...

  • Cambodian Midget Fighting League
    Cambodian Midget Fighting League
    The Cambodian Midget Fighting League is the premise of an Internet hoax that was widely circulated around the Internet beginning in May, 2005....

  • Cambodian New Year
    Cambodian New Year
    Cambodian New Year or Chaul Chnam Thmey in the Khmer language, literally "Enter Year New", is the name of the Cambodian holiday that celebrates the New Year. The holiday lasts for three days beginning on New Year's day, which usually falls on April 13 or 14th, which is the end of the harvesting...

  • Cambodian People's Party
    Cambodian People's Party
    The Cambodian People's Party is the current ruling party of Cambodia.This party was formerly known as Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party...

  • Cambodian Red Cross
    Cambodian Red Cross
    The Cambodian Red Cross is the largest humanitarian organization in Cambodia. Established on the 18 February 1955, it is officially recognized by the Royal Government as the primary auxiliary to the public authorities in humanitarian services...

  • Cambodian Television Network
    Cambodian Television Network
    Cambodian Television Network was launched in March 2003 as a joint venture between local conglomerate the The Royal Group and Stockholm-based Modern Times Group, this free-to-air terrestrial television channel Cambodian Television Network is now part of Mobitel...

  • Cambodian coup of 1970
    Cambodian coup of 1970
    The Cambodian coup of 1970 refers to the removal of the Cambodian Head of State, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, after a vote in the National Assembly on 18 March 1970. Emergency powers were subsequently invoked by the Prime Minister Lon Nol, who became effective head of state...

  • Cambodian diplomatic missions
  • Cambodian franc
    Cambodian franc
    The franc was the currency of Cambodia between 1875 and 1885. It was equal to the French franc and was similarly subdivided into 100 centimes. It circulated alongside the piastre with 1 piastre = 5.37 francs. It replaced the tical and was replaced by the piastre...

  • Cambodian parliamentary election, 2003
    Cambodian parliamentary election, 2003
    The 2003 Cambodian parliamentary election took place on 27 July 2003 in Cambodia to elect members of the National Assembly. The election was won by the incumbent Prime Minister Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party, who claimed a majority of 73 seats in the 123-seat parliament...

  • Cambodian parliamentary election, 2008
    Cambodian parliamentary election, 2008
    A parliamentary election was held in Cambodia on 27 July 2008.Prime Minister Hun Sen announced the planned date of the election on 30 May 2007, saying that the date of 27 July 2008 had been decided on because it was a holiday and because it fell exactly five years after the last election...

  • Cambodian riel
    Cambodian riel
    For earlier Cambodian currencies, see Cambodian tical and Cambodian franc.The riel is the currency of Cambodia. There have been two distinct riel, the first issued between 1953 and May 1975. Between 1975 and 1980, the country had no monetary system. A second currency, also named "riel", has been...

  • Cambodian tical
    Cambodian tical
    Prior to the year 1875, the tical was the currency of Cambodia as well as Siam. However, as a result of French intervention in the region, the tical in Cambodia was replaced in 1875 by the Cambodian franc. The term tical was the name which foreigners used for the local word Baht...

  • Cambodian tical
    Cambodian tical
    Prior to the year 1875, the tical was the currency of Cambodia as well as Siam. However, as a result of French intervention in the region, the tical in Cambodia was replaced in 1875 by the Cambodian franc. The term tical was the name which foreigners used for the local word Baht...

  • Cambodia Tribunal
  • Canadia Bank
    Canadia Bank
    Canadia Bank is one of the largest local banks in Cambodia. The bank was established in 1991 and became privatized in 1998. It has 25 branches across the country.-History:...

  • Cardamom Mountains
    Cardamom Mountains
    The Krâvanh Mountains, literally the "Cardamom Mountains" , is a mountain range in the south west of Cambodia, jutting into southeastern Thailand.-Location and description:...

  • Cham am
    Cham am
    The cham am is a unit of length, used during 18th – 20th century in Cambodia. It is equivalent to 12 Thneap or 25 cm....

  • Cham people
  • Cham script
  • Chamkar Leu District
    Chamkar Leu District
    Chamkar Leu District is a district of Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. The district capital is Chamkar Leu town. The town is located at the junction of National Roads 71 and 222 around north east of the provincial capital at Kampong Cham city. The district is significant producer of rubber, both...

    , a district of Kampong Cham Province
  • Chamkar Leu (town), the district capital of Chamkar Leu District
  • Chamkarmon
    Chamkarmon
    Chamkar Mon District is the southernmost district in central Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The district is subdivided into 12 Sangkats and 95 Kroms. The district has an area of 10.56 km². According to the 1998 census of Cambodia, it had a population of 187,082...

  • Champa
    Champa
    The kingdom of Champa was an Indianized kingdom that controlled what is now southern and central Vietnam from approximately the 7th century through to 1832.The Cham people are remnants...

  • Chan Nak
    Chan Nak
    Chan Nak was the Prime Minister of Cambodia from 1953 to 1954. He was the second prime minister of an independent Cambodia, following Penn Nouth....

  • Chan Sy
    Chan Sy
    Chan Sy, also spelt Chan Si, was a Cambodian politician. He became Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Kampuchea from 1981 to 1984.-Biography:...

  • Chanthou Oeur
    Chanthou Oeur
    Chanthou Oeuror Chakra Oeur also known as O'Bon, is a Cambodian painter and sculptor who has lived in the United States since the 1980s. -Biography:...

     Cambodian painter
  • Chanthrea
  • Chapey dang veng
  • Chau Say Tevoda
    Chau Say Tevoda
    Chau Say Tevoda is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia. It is located just east of Angkor Thom, directly south of Thommanon across the Victory Way . Built in the mid-12th century, it is a Hindu temple in the Angkor Wat style...

  • Chbar Mon (district)
  • Che Bong Nga
    Che Bong Nga
    Po Binasuor, or Chế Bồng Nga, Che Bunga ruled Champa from 1360 - 1390 CE...

  • Chea Sim
    Chea Sim
    Chea Sim is a Chinese Cambodian politician. He was the President of the National Assembly from 1981–98 and is currently the President of the Senate .-Biography:...

  • Chea Vichea
    Chea Vichea
    Chea Vichea was the leader of the Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia until his assassination on Chinese New Year, 22 January 2004...

  • Cheam Channy
    Cheam Channy
    Cheam Channy is a Cambodian politician and member of parliament for the opposition Sam Rainsy Party . He was elected as a representative for Battambang Province in the 1998 National Elections, then again for Kompong Cham province in 2003.On 3 February 2005, a vote in the Cambodian National...

  • Chem Widhya
    Chem Widhya
    Chem Widhya is the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Cambodia to Germany, Cyprus , Czech Republic, Malta , Poland and Slovenia.- Education :Dr...

  • Chenla
    Chenla
    Chenla is the Chinese designation for Cambodia after the fall of Funan. That name was still used in the 13th century by the Chinese envoy Zhou Daguan, author of the Manners and Customs of Cambodia...

  • Chenla I
  • Chenla II
  • Cheom Ksan
    Cheom Ksan
    Cheom Ksan is a small town in Preah Vihear Province in northern Cambodia. It is located approximately 10 kilometres from the border with Thailand....

  • Cheung Prey District
    Cheung Prey District
    Cheung Prey District is a district of Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. The district capital is Skuon town. This busy market town has grown up around the intersection of National Highway 6 and National Highway 7...

  • Chhayam
    Chhayam
    Chhayam is a traditional Khmer musical dance.It features the long-drum , clashing hand-held cymbals, wooden clackers , and other noisemakers made of commonly found materials....

     a traditional Khmer musical dance.
  • Chhet Sovan Panha
    Chhet Sovan Panha
    Chhet Sovan Panya is a Cambodian singer. She is the only singer to reach the top rankings in Cambodia's competitive music industry with almost no self-promotion.-Early life:...

  • Chhim Sothy
    Chhim Sothy
    Chhim Sothy is an acclaimed Cambodian painter and sculptor noted for his ability in a diverse number of artistic techniques and mediums. -Biography:...

     Cambodian painter
  • Chhloung District
    Chhloung District
    Chhloung District is a district of Kratié Province, Cambodia. Population figures for each commune follow.- Chhloung Commune :- Damrei Phong Commune :- Han Chey Commune :- Kampong Damrei Commune :- Kanhchor Commune :- Khsach Andaet Commune :...

  • Chhoen Rithy
    Chhoen Rithy
    Chhoeun Rithy, born 1965 is a noted Cambodian artist best known for his art deco paintings on buildings and modernist structures in Phnom Penh. -Exhibitions:*2005: "Identities versus Globalisation", Berlin, Germany....

     Cambodian artist
  • Chhouk Rin
    Chhouk Rin
    Chhouk Rin is a former Khmer Rouge commander. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of three tourists, Australian David Wilson, 29, Briton Mark Slater, 28, and Frenchman Jean-Michel Braquet, 27 at Phnom Voar in 1994. In 2005, he lost an appeal to overturn the ruling that sentenced...

  • Chhun Yasith
    Chhun Yasith
    Chhun Yasith is a Cambodian American who led a failed coup d’état in Cambodia in 2000.-Biography:Yasith left Cambodia in the early 1980s, amid the disarray following the Vietnamese invasion that deposed the Khmer Rouge régime from power. He emigrated to the United States in 1982 and became a tax...

  • Chinary Ung
    Chinary Ung
    Chinary Ung is a composer now living in the United States. After arriving in the United States in 1964 to study the clarinet, Ung studied composition with Chou Wen-chung and Mario Davidovsky. Ung is noted for combining traditional Cambodian musical elements with western instrumentation...

  • Chinese Cambodian
    Chinese Cambodian
    Chinese Cambodians are Cambodian citizens of Chinese descent. "Khmer-Chen", is used for peoples of either mixed Cambodian & Chinese descent or people of whom are Cambodian born citizens with Chinese ancestry;...

  • Ching
  • Choeung Ek
    Choeung Ek
    Choeung Ek , the site of a former orchard and Chinese graveyard about 17 km south of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is the best-known of the sites known as The Killing Fields, where the Khmer Rouge regime executed about 17,000 people between 1975 and 1979. Mass graves containing 8,895 bodies were...

  • Chok Chey
    Chok Chey
    Chok Chey is a village in the Prey Veng Province of Cambodia. It is situated 16 km south of Prey Veng City.The main industry in the village is rice farming....

  • Chong language
    Chong language
    Chong, or more specifically Western Chong , is an endangered language spoken in Cambodia and southeastern Thailand. It is a Western Pearic language in the Eastern Mon–Khmer language family branch. Chong is currently the focus of a language revitalization project in Thailand.The Chong language is...

  • Choun Nath
    Choun Nath
    Samdech Sangha Raja Jhotañano Chuon Nath is the late Supreme Patriarch Kana Mahanikaya of Cambodia. Amongst his achievements is his effort in conservation of the Khmer language in the form of the Khmer dictionary...

  • Chum Mey
    Chum Mey
    Chum Mey is one of only twelve known survivors of the Khmer Rouge imprisonment in the S-21 Tuol Sleng camp, where more than 16,000 Cambodians were sent for execution. He survived two years of torture and fear in a Khmer Rouge death camp, sustained by thoughts of his pregnant wife and unborn child...

     One of the 7 survivors of S-21
  • Cinema of Cambodia
    Cinema of Cambodia
    Cinema in Cambodia began in the 1950s, and many films were being screened in theaters throughout the country by the 1960s, which are regarded as the "golden age"...

  • City of Ghosts
    City of Ghosts
    City of Ghosts is a 2002 drama film co-written, directed by and starring Matt Dillon, about a con artist who must go to Cambodia to collect his share in money collected from an insurance scam...

  • Civilizing mission
    Civilizing mission
    is a rationale for intervention or colonisation, proposing to contribute to the spread of civilization, mostly amounting to the Westernization of indigenous peoples....

  • Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea
    Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea
    The Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea was a coalition government in exile composed of three Cambodian political factions: Prince Norodom Sihanouk's Funcinpec party, the Party of Democratic Kampuchea and the Khmer People's National Liberation Front formed in 1982, broadening the de...

  • Colonial Cambodia
    Colonial Cambodia
    In 1863, Cambodia under king Norodom became a protectorate of France. In October 1887, the French announced the formation of the Union Indochinoise , which at that time comprised Cambodia, already an autonomous French possession, and the three regions of Vietnam...

  • Commune council
    Commune council
    There are 1,621 Communes/Sangkats in Cambodia. Each Commune Council is composed of 5 to 11 members depending on demography and geography, elected through a proportional system where nationally registered political parties can compete by presenting a list of candidates of at least twice the number...

  • Communications in Cambodia
    Communications in Cambodia
    Communications in Cambodia specifically the postal, telegraph and telegram services are regulated under the Ministry of Telecommunications, transport and posts were restored throughout most of the country in the early 1980s during the People's Republic of Kampuchea regime after being disrupted...

  • Communist Party of Kampuchea
    Communist Party of Kampuchea
    The Communist Party of Kampuchea, also known as Khmer Communist Party , was a communist party in Cambodia. Its followers were generally known as Khmer Rouge .-Foundation of the party; first divisions:...

  • Communist Youth League of Kampuchea
    Communist Youth League of Kampuchea
    Communist Youth League of Kampuchea was a youth organization in Cambodia, the youth wing of the Communist Party of Kampuchea. The organization was initially called Democratic Youth League. It published Tung Krahom....

  • Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
    Concerts for the People of Kampuchea
    Concerts for the People of Kampuchea is a double album from Wings, The Who, Queen, Elvis Costello, The Pretenders, The Clash, The Specials, and many more artists of the highlights from the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea held at the Hammersmith Odeon in London, England to raise money for the...

  • Cooper-Church Amendment
    Cooper-Church amendment
    The Cooper-Church Amendment was introduced in the United States Senate during the Vietnam War. The proposal of the amendment was the first time that Congress had restricted the deployment of troops during a war against the wishes of the president....

  • Cuisine of Cambodia
    Cuisine of Cambodia
    Khmer cuisine is another name for the foods and cuisine widely consumed in Cambodia. The food of Cambodia includes tropical fruits, rice, noodles, drinks, dessert and various soups....

  • Culture of Cambodia
    Culture of Cambodia
    The culture of Cambodia has had a rich and varied history dating back many centuries, and has been heavily influenced by India. Throughout Cambodia's long history, a major source of inspiration was from religion...


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  • Dambae
  • Damkhat Reachea
    Damkhat Reachea
    Damkhat Reachea was a Cambodian king and emperor, Thomuro Reachea uncle's successor, which is known relatively few on his life.In the year 1508, he was murdered by an adventurer named Kan, who usurped his throne....

  • Dana Stone
    Dana Stone
    Dana Stone was a U.S. photo-journalist best known for his work for CBS during the Vietnam War....

  • Dance of Cambodia
    Dance of Cambodia
    Dance in Cambodia consists of three main categories: classical dance of the royal court used for invocation, entertainment and to pay homage, folk dance which portrays cultural traditions, and social dances performed in social gatherings.-Classical dance:...

  • Dangkor
    Dangkor
    Dangkao District is a district in the western part of Phnom Penh Municipality, Cambodia. It is the largest district of Phnom Penh. The district is subdivided into 15 Sangkats and 143 Kroms. The district has an area of 197.89 km²...

  • Dângrêk Mountains
    Dângrêk Mountains
    The Dângrêk Mountains , meaning "Carrying-Pole Mountains" in Khmer, is a mountain range forming a natural border between Cambodia and Thailand....

  • Dâmrei Mountains
    Dâmrei Mountains
    The Dâmrei Mountains, literally the "Elephant Mountains", are a mountain range situated in the southwest of Cambodia.-Description:These mountains are an offshoot of the Krâvanh or Cardamom Mountains, but occupy a much smaller area. The highest elevation is Phnom Bokor at 1,081 meters above...

  • Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey
    Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey
    Dap Prampi Mesa Chokchey was the national anthem of Democratic Kampuchea from at least January 1976. Although the anthem may have been in use in the 'liberated zone' much earlier, it was proclaimed the national anthem in article 18 of the Constitution of Kampuchea which was promulgated on the 5th...

  • Dark ages of Cambodia
    Dark ages of Cambodia
    The Dark Ages of Cambodia, covers the history of Cambodia from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century, a period of continued decline and territorial loss. Cambodia enjoyed a brief period of prosperity during the sixteenth century because its kings, who built their capitals in the region southeast...

  • Daun Penh
    Daun Penh
    Daun Penh is a major district in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Many major businesses in Phnom Penh like Sorya Shopping Center and Mokod Pich Jewelry Enterprise are located here. The district has an area of 7.44 km²...

  • Democratic Kampuchea
    Democratic Kampuchea
    The Khmer Rouge period refers to the rule of Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen, Khieu Samphan and the Khmer Rouge Communist party over Cambodia, which the Khmer Rouge renamed as Democratic Kampuchea....

  • Demographics of Cambodia
    Demographics of Cambodia
    This article is about the demographic features of the population of Cambodia, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.-Population:...

  • Deportation of Cambodian Americans
  • Dhammayietra
    Dhammayietra
    The Dhammayietra is an annual peace walk in Cambodia that originated during the historic repatratiation of refugees along the Thai border camps during the United Nations monitored transition to democracy in 1992. The peace walk takes place in early May and usually involves an assemblage of...

  • Dhammayuttika Nikaya Order of Theravada Buddhist monks in Cambodia.
  • Dharanindravarman I
    Dharanindravarman I
    Dharanindravarman I was a king of the Khmer Empire, reigning from 1107 AD to 1113 AD....

  • Dharanindravarman II
    Dharanindravarman II
    Dharanindravarman II was king of the Khmer Empire from 1150 to 1160. His son Jayavarman VII would become known as one of the most ambitious builders of Angkor, the empire's capital.-External links:*...

  • Dien Del
    Dien Del
    General Dien Del is a distinguished military figure who directed combat operations in Cambodia, first as a general in the Army of the Khmer Republic and then as a leader of KPNLF guerrilla forces fighting against the Vietnamese occupation .-Early career:Born in the Khmer Krom region of South...

  • Digital Divide Data
    Digital Divide Data
    Digital Divide Data is a social enterprise that provides disadvantaged youth in Cambodia, Laos and Kenya with the education and training they need to deliver world-class, competitively priced IT services to global clients and break the cycle of poverty. Featured in Thomas L...

  • Districts and Sections of Cambodia
  • Dith Pran
    Dith Pran
    Dith Pran was a Cambodian photojournalist best known as a refugee and survivor of the Cambodian Genocide. He was the subject of the Academy Award-winning film The Killing Fields . He was portrayed in the movie by first-time actor Haing S. Ngor , who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor...

  • Duong Saree
    Duong Saree
    Duong Suree, born 1957 is a Cambodian artist and illustrator He studied for a Degree in plastic arts at the Royal University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 1970 and puraued a career in art...

     Cambodian artist
  • Dy Saveth
    Dy Saveth
    Dy Saveth is a renowned Cambodian actress and first Miss Cambodia . She featured several films throughout the 1960s until the communist takeover in 1975, and later from 1993 to present. She married Huoy Keng, an actor, producer and film director, during the 1970s. Just as Van Vanak ran his own...

     Cambodian actress

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  • Early history of Cambodia
    Early history of Cambodia
    Prehistoric Cambodia is sparsely known. The earliest known site in Cambodia is Laang Spean cave which occupies the country's northwest region. Laang Spean cave was first occupied beginning in 7000 BCE Also of significance is the site Samrong Sen which was occupied circa 230 to 500 BCE. From 2000...

  • East Baray
    East Baray
    The East Baray is a now-dry baray, or artificial body of water, at Angkor, Cambodia, oriented east-west and located just east of the walled city Angkor Thom. It was built around the year 900 AD during the reign of King Yasovarman...

  • East Mebon
    East Mebon
    The East Mebon is a 10th Century temple at Angkor, Cambodia. Built during the reign of King Rajendravarman, it stands on what was an artificial island at the center of the now dry East Baray reservoir....

  • Economic history of Cambodia
    Economic history of Cambodia
    Cambodia was a farming area in the first and second millennia BCE. States in the area engaged in trade in the Indian Ocean and exported rice surpluses. Complex irrigation systems were built in the 9th century. The French colonial period left the large feudal landholdings intact. Roads and a railway...

  • Economy of Cambodia
    Economy of Cambodia
    The Economy of Cambodia has seen rapid economic progress in the last decade. Per capita income, although rapidly increasing, is low compared with most neighbouring countries. The main domestic activity on which most rural households depend is agriculture and its related sub-sectors...

  • Education in Cambodia
    Education in Cambodia
    -History:Traditional education in Cambodia was handled by the local wat, and the Bhikkhu were the teachers. The students were almost entirely young boys, and the education was limited to memorizing Buddhist chants in Pali. During the period of the French protectorate, an educational system based on...

  • Eh Phoutong
    Eh Phoutong
    Eh Phoutong is a Khmer/Chinese Cambodian professional kickboxer and former reality TV host. Born in Mondol Seima district, Koh Kong province, Cambodia, Eh Phoutong currently lives in Phnom Penh. He has a father name Yem Lim and a mother named At Uth...

  • Ek Phnom District
    Ek Phnom District
    Ek Phnom District is a district of Battambang Province, in north western Cambodia.- Communes and villages :- References :...

  • Elections in Cambodia
    Elections in Cambodia
    Cambodia elects on national level a legislature. Parliament has two chambers.The National Assembly of Cambodia has 123 members, elected for a five year term by proportional representation...

  • Elizabeth Becker
    Elizabeth Becker
    Elizabeth Becker is a journalist and author who specializes in trade, development, and Asian affairs.Becker began her career as a war correspondent for The Washington Post covering Cambodia. She left Cambodia when the Khmer Rouge expelled all foreigners from the country in April 1975...

  • Emory C. Swank
    Emory C. Swank
    Emory Coblentz Swank was a United States Ambassador to Cambodia from 1970-1973.- External links:*...

  • Enfants & Developpement
    Enfants & Developpement
    Enfants & Developpement - charitable non-governmental organization supporting children in need in France and all over the world. Established in 1984 as "SOS Children of Cambodia" being the first permanently presented NGO in Cambodia....

  • Ethnic groups in Cambodia
  • Étienne Aymonier
    Étienne Aymonier
    Étienne François Aymonier was a French linguist and explorer. He was the first archaeologist to systematically survey the ruins of the Khmer empire in today's Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and southern Vietnam...

  • Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
    Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
    The Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, commonly known as the "Khmer Rouge Tribunal", is a national court established pursuant to an agreement between the Royal Government of Cambodia and the United Nations to try senior members of the Khmer Rouge for serious violations of Cambodian...

    , a joint court established to try senior members of the Khmer Rouge

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  • FCU UNTAC
    FCU UNTAC
    FCU - UNTAC, the Force Communications Unit UNTAC , was the Australian component of the UNTAC mission in Cambodia.-United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia:...

  • First Cambodia Airlines
    First Cambodia Airlines
    First Cambodia Airlines was a privately owned airline based in Cambodia. Because of financial problems it ceased operations in 2004.-Code data:*IATA Code: F6*ICAO Code: FCC*Callsign: FIRST CAMBODIA-History:...

  • First Indochina War
    First Indochina War
    The First Indochina War was fought in French Indochina from December 19, 1946, until August 1, 1954, between the French Union's French Far East...

  • First They Killed My Father
    First They Killed My Father
    First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers is a 2000 nonfiction book written by Loung Ung, a Cambodian author and survivor of the Pol Pot regime...

  • Flag of Cambodia
    Flag of Cambodia
    The national flag of Cambodia was readopted in 1993, after elections returned the monarchy to rule.-Brief history:Since around 1850, the Cambodian flag has featured a depiction of Angkor Wat in the center. The current flag, with a blue border and red central was adopted following Cambodia's...

  • Foreign Correspondents' Club, Phnom Penh
    Foreign Correspondents' Club, Phnom Penh
    The Foreign Correspondents' Club in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia,is a public bar and restaurant along the Tonle Sap river, not far fromthe conjunction with the Mekong river...

  • Foreign relations of Cambodia
    Foreign relations of Cambodia
    The Royal Cambodian Government has established diplomatic relations with most countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, and France, as well as all of its Asian neighbors, to include the People's Republic of China, Vietnam, Laos, South Korea, North Korea, and Thailand...

  • Francis Garnier
    Francis Garnier
    Marie Joseph François Garnier was a French officer and explorer known for his exploration of the Mekong River in Southeast Asia.- Early career :...

  • François Bizot
    François Bizot
    François Bizot , is the only Westerner to have survived imprisonment by the Khmer Rouge.Bizot arrived in Cambodia in 1965 to study Buddhism practiced in the countryside. He traveled extensively around Cambodia, researching the history and customs of its dominant religion...

  • Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia
    Free Trade Union of Workers of the Kingdom of Cambodia
    -External links:*...

  • French Indochina
    French Indochina
    French Indochina was part of the French colonial empire in southeast Asia. A federation of the three Vietnamese regions, Tonkin , Annam , and Cochinchina , as well as Cambodia, was formed in 1887....

  • French Indochinese piastre
    French Indochinese piastre
    The piastre de commerce was the currency of French Indochina between 1885 and 1952. It was subdivided into 100 cent, each of 5 sapeque.-History:...

  • Fried spider
    Fried spider
    Fried spider is a regional delicacy in Cambodia. In the Cambodian town of Skuon, the vending of fried spiders as a specialty snack is a popular attraction for tourists passing through this town. Spiders are also available elsewhere in Cambodia — in Phnom Penh for instance — but Skuon, a...

  • Funan
  • Funcinpec
    Funcinpec
    FUNCINPEC is a royalist political party in Cambodia. Before the 2008 election, FUNCINPEC and the Cambodian People's Party formed a coalition government, although FUNCINPEC's significance has decreased steadily since 1998, when it had an equal relationship with the CPP in the coalition.FUNCINPEC is...


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  • Geography of Cambodia
    Geography of Cambodia
    Cambodia is a country in Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. Its approximate geographical coordinates are . Its 2,572 km border is split among Vietnam , Thailand and Laos , as well as 443 km of coastline...

  • George Chigas
    George Chigas
    George Chigas is an American writer and scholar. He is the Associate Director of the Cambodian Genocide Program at Yale University. He completed an English translation of the Cambodian verse novel The Story of Tum Teav, and is co-author with Susan Cook of "Putting the Khmer Rouge on Trial", which...

     Associate Director of the Cambodian Genocide Program at Yale University.
  • Geraldine Cox
    Geraldine Cox
    Geraldine Cox is president and operator of the Sunrise Children's Village orphanage in the province of Kandal, in Cambodia. She is the only Australian to have been granted Cambodian citizenship by a royal decree from King Norodom Sihanouk....

  • German Apsara Conservation Project
    German Apsara Conservation Project
    The German Apsara Conservation Project is a non-profit organisation based at the University of Applied Sciences, Cologne dedicated to preserving the devatas and other bas-reliefs of Angkor Wat...

  • Girl Guides Association of Cambodia
    Girl Guides Association of Cambodia
    The Girl Guides Association of Cambodia is the national Guiding organization of Cambodia. It was founded in 1996 and became an associate member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts in 2002. The association serves girls aged from seven to 18 years...

  • Gordon Vuong
    Gordon Vuong
    Gordon Vuong is a Chinese-Australian currently serving a 13-year sentence in Cambodia for attempting to smuggle 2.1kg of heroin concealed on his body from Phnom Penh to Australia...

  • Gulf of Thailand
    Gulf of Thailand
    The Gulf of Thailand , also known in to Malays as Teluk Siam literally meant Gulf of Siam, is a shallow arm of the South China Sea.-Geography:...


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  • Haing S. Ngor
    Haing S. Ngor
    Dr. Haing Somnang Ngor was a Cambodian American physician, actor and author who is best known for winning the 1985 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his debut performance in the movie The Killing Fields, in which he portrayed Cambodian journalist and refugee Dith Pran. His mother was...

  • Hello United
  • Heng Samrin
    Heng Samrin
    Heng Samrin is a Cambodian politician. He was the chairman of the People's Republic of Kampuchea and the State of Cambodia , and later vice chairman and chairman of the National Assembly of Cambodia since 2006....

  • Hen Sophal
    Hen Sophal
    Hen Sophal, born 1958 is a Cambodian artist noted for his contrasting black and white art often with social representations of contemporary society....

     Cambodian artist
  • Henri Mouhot
    Henri Mouhot
    Henri Mouhot was a French naturalist and explorer of the mid-19th century. He was born in Montbéliard, Doubs, France - near the Swiss border, but spent his childhood in Russia and possibly, parts of Asia. He died near Naphan, Laos...

  • History of Cambodia
    History of Cambodia
    - Prehistory and early history :Carbon 14 dating of a cave at Laang Spean in northwest Cambodia reveals people who made pots were living in Cambodia as early as 4200 BCE . Further archaeological evidence indicates that other parts of the region now called Cambodia were inhabited from around...

  • Hope Stevens
    Hope Stevens
    Hope Stevens was a lawyer and political activist. Born in Tortola in the British Virgin Islands, and raised on Nevis, he was one of the founders of the Barbados Labour Party...

  • Hor Namhong
    Hor Namhong
    Hor Namhong is a Cambodian diplomat who has served in the government of Cambodia as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 1998. He previously held the same post from 1990 until 1993...

     Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation since 1998
  • Hou Yuon
    Hou Yuon
    Hou Yuon was a veteran of the communist movement in Cambodia, and was of Sino-Khmer descent. A member of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, also known as the Khmer Rouge, he served in several ministerial posts during the 1960s and 1970s.Yuon, who repeatedly clashed with other members of the Khmer...

  • Hu Nim
    Hu Nim
    Hu Nim, alias "Phoas" was a Cambodian Communistintellectual and politician who held a number of ministerial posts.His long political career included spells with the Sangkum regime...

  • Human rights in Cambodia
    Human rights in Cambodia
    The human rights situation in Cambodia is facing growing criticisms both within the country and an increasingly alarmed international community. After a series of flagrant violation against basic human rights a feeling of incertitude regarding the direction the country is emerging, sometimes...

  • Hun Phoeung
    Hun Phoeung
    Lieutenant General Hun Phoeung is the Secretary of State of National Defense, Cambodia. He is the former commander of the royal armed forces.-References:...

  • Hun Sen
    Hun Sen
    Hun Sen is the current Prime Minister of Cambodia.He has been the sole leader of the Cambodian People's Party , which has governed Cambodia since the Vietnamese-backed overthrow of the Khmer Rouge in 1979...


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  • ISO 3166-2:KH
    ISO 3166-2:KH
    ISO 3166-2:KH is the entry for Cambodia in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Cambodia, ISO 3166-2 codes are...

  • Ieng Mouly
    Ieng Mouly
    Ieng Mouly is a Cambodian politician.Mouly was vice president of the Buddhist Liberal Democratic Party. Upon the establishment of the coalition government CMAC in 1993, Ieng Mouly became the Minister of Information...

  • Ieng Sary
    Ieng Sary
    Ieng Sary was a powerful figure in the Khmer Rouge. He was the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979 and held several senior positions in the Khmer Rouge until his defection to the government in 1996....

  • Ieng Thirith
    Ieng Thirith
    Ieng Thirith was an influential figure in the Khmer Rouge, but was neither a member of the Khmer Rouge Standing Committee nor of the Central Committee. Her original name is Khieu Thirith...

  • Ieu Koeus
    Ieu Koeus
    Ieu Koeus served as Prime Minister of Cambodia for nine days in September 1949.Considered an intellectual, he was instrumental in the formation of the Cambodian Democratic Party in April 1946, created a self-declared government on September 20, 1949, was replaced by Yem Sambaur on September...

  • Ieu Pannakar
    Ieu Pannakar
    Ieu Pannakar is a Cambodian film director and senator. Among the first Cambodians to study film making, he is one of Cambodia's pioneering film directors. He is a co-founder of Bophana: The Audio-Visual Resource Center - Cambodia...

     Cambodian film director and senator.
  • In Tam
    In Tam
    In Tam was a former Prime Minister of Cambodia. He served in that position from May 6, 1973 to December 9 1973, and had a long career in Cambodian politics.-Political career:...

  • Independence Monument, Phnom Penh
    Independence Monument, Phnom Penh
    The Independence Monument in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia, was built in 1958 for Cambodia's independence from France in 1953.. It stands on the intersection of Norodom Boulevard and Sihanouk Boulevard in the centre of the city. It is in the form of a lotus-shaped stupa, of the style seen at the...

  • Indochina
    Indochina
    The Indochinese peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia. It lies roughly southwest of China, and east of India. The name has its origins in the French, Indochine, as a combination of the names of "China" and "India", and was adopted when French colonizers in Vietnam began expanding their territory...

  • Indochina Media Memorial Foundation
    Indochina Media Memorial Foundation
    The Indochina Media Memorial Foundation was founded in 1991 in memory of journalists who died covering all sides of the Indochina conflicts from 1945 to 1975.The IMMF works to develop the skills of journalists in Indochina...

  • Indochina War timeline
    Indochina War timeline
    1840s-1890s - Wars of French colonization in Indochina.1940 - French colonial government collaborates with Japanese aggression in Southeast Asia. Japanese military forces occupy bases in Vietnam while French colonial government continues to govern...

  • Indochina Wars
    Indochina Wars
    The Indochina Wars were a series of wars fought in Southeast Asia from 1947 until 1979, between nationalist Vietnamese against French, American, and Chinese forces. The term "Indochina" originally referred to French Indochina, which included the current states of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. In...

  • Indravarman I
    Indravarman I
    Indravarman I was a ruler of Khmer Empire who reigned from Hariharalaya between 877/78 and 889/890 AD.-Indravarman's ancestors:According to the inscriptions of the Práḥ Kô temple, consecrated on Monday, the 25th January 880 AD Indravarman I was a ruler of Khmer Empire who reigned from Hariharalaya...

  • Indravarman II
  • Indravarman III
    Indravarman III
    Indravarman II was a ruler of the Khmer Empire, son of Jayavarman VII. There is some dispute regarding the actual period of his reign, even because his successor, Jayavarman VIII, probably destroyed historical records about him, but the only inscription which directly mention him reports that he...

  • Institute of Technology of Cambodia
    Institute of Technology of Cambodia
    Institut de Technologie du Cambodge ) is the only institution in Cambodia whose mission is to form superior and middle managers whom private companies need. It is so in narrow relation with the industrial world directly involved in the regional context...

  • International Finance Complex
    International Finance Complex
    The International Finance Complex is a 52 story complex that is in the process of being built in Phnom Penh, Cambodia near the Tonle Bassac River. The complex, which will cover an area of , will cost about $1 billion. The project will include a main office tower which is 52 storeys tall, making it...

  • International School of Phnom Penh
    International School of Phnom Penh
    The International School of Phnom Penh is an international school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It is a private, non-profit, English language, coeducational day school that offers an educational program from preschool through grade 12. The school was founded in 1989...

  • International University, Cambodia
    International University, Cambodia
    International University is a top private higher education institution specializing in medicine & medical science. Established in 2002, IU is recognized and nationally accredited by the Royal Government of Cambodia, the Royal Cambodian Ministry of Education, Youth & Sports and the Accreditation...

  • Islam in Cambodia
    Islam in Cambodia
    Islam is the religion of a majority of the Cham and Malay minorities in Cambodia. According to Po Dharma, there were 150,000 to 200,000 Muslims in Cambodia as late as 1975. Persecution under the Khmer Rouge eroded their numbers, however, and by the late 1980s they probably had not regained their...


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  • JC Royal
    JC Royal
    JC Royal is a corporation who, in 2005, secured a 30-year lease for the operation of the Choeung Ek memorial site on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The company will pay Phnom Penh $15,000 a year, and in return can increase admission fees....

  • Jamrieng samai
    Jamrieng samai
    Jamrieng Samai is a genre of pop music from Cambodia. The slower dance music, ramvong and ramkbach are the two separate types of Jamrieng samai....

  • Jayarajadevi
    Jayarajadevi
    Jayarajadevi was the religious and influential wife of King Jayavarman VII of the Khmer Empire.-External links:*...

  • Jayavarman I
    Jayavarman I
    Jayavarman I is considered by some to be the first king of the Khmer empire, as it evolved out of the Kamboja kingdom . He ruled from approximately 657 to 681. Over the course of his reign, and that of his predecessor Bhavavarman II, the Khmer kings' power was consolidated in the areas previously...

  • Jayavarman II
    Jayavarman II
    Jayavarman II was a 9th century king of Cambodia, widely recognized as the founder of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of the Southeast Asian mainland for more than six hundred years. Historians formerly dated his reign as running from 802 AD to 850 AD, but some scholars now have set it back to...

  • Jayavarman V
    Jayavarman V
    -Early years:Jayavarman V succeeded his father, Rajendravarman, when he was only ten years old. During his early years, the court officials dominated the royal politics. He studied under a very knowledgeable teacher Yajnavaraha, a grandson of King Harshavarman I...

  • Jayavarman VI
    Jayavarman VI
    Jayavarman VI was king of the Khmer Empire from about 1080 to 1107 AD.During the reigns of Udayadityavarman II and Harshavarman III there were some internal rebellions and an unsuccessful war with Champa...

  • Jayavarman VII
    Jayavarman VII
    Jayavarman VII was a king of the Khmer Empire in present day Siem Reap, Cambodia. He was the son of King Dharanindravarman II and Queen Sri Jayarajacudamani. He married Jayarajadevi and then, after her death, married her sister Indradevi...

  • Jayavarman VIII
    Jayavarman VIII
    Jayavarman VIII was one of the kings of the Khmer empire. His rule lasted from 1243 till 1295, when he abdicated.It was during the reign of Jayavarman VIII that the Mongol forces under the command of Kublai Khan attacked the Angkor empire in 1283. Jayavarman VIII decided to pay tribute and buy...

  • John Dawson Dewhirst
    John Dawson Dewhirst
    John Dawson Dewhirst was a British teacher and amateur yachtsman who was one of nine western adventurers that fell victim of the Khmer Rouge during the genocidal rule of Pol Pot. Dewhirst was one of two Britons to die in Pol Pot's Cambodia....

  • Jombok Hoas
    Jombok Hoas
    Jombok Hoas is a non-profit adventure retreat run by the Adventist Development and Relief Agency situated in forest in the small village of Sry Tnong in Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia.- Description :...

  • Jon Swain
    Jon Swain
    Jon Anketell Brewer Swain is an award-winning British journalist and writer who was portrayed by Julian Sands in the 1984 Oscar-winning film The Killing Fields...


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  • Kambojas and Kambodia
    Kambojas and Kambodia
    The name of Cambodia, in Khmer "Kampuchea" , derives from Sanskrit . It is not unique to the modern kingdom of Cambodia: the same name is also found in Burmese and Thai chronicles referring to regions within those kingdoms...

  • Kambuja
  • Kampong Cham (city)
    Kampong Cham (city)
    Kampong Cham is the capital city of the Kampong Cham Province in eastern Cambodia. It is the third largest city in Cambodia with a population of 63,771 people and is located on the Mekong River. Kampong Cham is 124 kilometers northeast from Phnom Penh and can be reached by either boat or by...

  • Kampong Cham Province
  • Kampong Chhnang District
    Kampong Chhnang District
    Kampong Chhnang District is a district in the centre of Kampong Chhnang Province in central Cambodia. This is classed as an urban district and the provincial capital Kampong Chhnang lies within the district. The town is also the capital of the district. The district is quite small and encompasses...

  • Kampong Chhnang Province
  • Kampong Chhnang (town)
  • Kampong Chhnang (commune)
  • Kampong Rou
  • Kampong Siam
  • Kampong Som Group of Islands
    Kampong Som Group of Islands
    The Kampong Som Group of Islands is a group of islands of Cambodia, located in the Gulf of Thailand. Islands include:-Koh Rong:Koh Rong is situated west of the Sihanoukville coast. It offers the fantastic strand of beach on its southwest, stretching about 5 km...

  • Kampong Speu (town) the capital of Kampong Speu Province
  • Kampong Speu Province
  • Kampong Thom
  • Kampong Thom Province
  • Kampot (city) The provincial capital
  • Kampot Province
  • Kampuchea Airlines
    Kampuchea Airlines
    Kampuchea Airlines was an airline based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, operating regional passenger services out of Phnom Penh International Airport.-History:...

  • Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Armed Forces
    Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Armed Forces
    The Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Armed Forces, or Khmer People's Revolutionary Armed Forces, was the formal title given to the armed forces of the People's Republic of Kampuchea, the de facto government of Cambodia 1979-1990....

  • Kandal Province
    Kandal Province
    Kandal is a province of Cambodia. Its capital is Ta Khmao town . The province completely surrounds, but does not include, the national capital Phnom Penh...

  • Kandal Stueng
  • Kandieng District
    Kandieng District
    Kandieng District is a district in Pursat Province, Cambodia. The district capital is at Kandieng town located about 12 km from the Provincial capital Pursat.-Location:...

  • Kang Meas District
  • Kangtoap Padevat
    Kangtoap Padevat
    Kangtoap Padevat was a Khmer language weekly newspaper in Cambodia, published in the 1980s. The first issue appeared in December 1979. Kongtoap Padevat was the organ of the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Armed Forces....

  • Kbach
    Kbach
    Kbach are decorative elements of Cambodian architecture. While 'kbach' is a term that can be used to refer to any sort of art-form style in the Khmer language, such as a gesture in Khmer classical dance, the term kbach rachana specifically refers to decorative motifs...

  • Kbal Spean
    Kbal Spean
    Kbal Spean is an Angkorian era archaeological site on the southwest slopes of the Kulen Hills to the northeast of Angkor in Siem Reap District, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia...

  • Ke Pauk
    Ke Pauk
    Ke Pauk, also known as Kae Pok, was born Ke Vin in Chhouk Ksach Village, Chhouk Ksach Sub-district, Baray District, Kampong Thom Province in 1934. He died, apparently of natural causes, while asleep in his home at Anlong Veng on the 15th February, 2002...

  • Kem Sokha
    Kem Sokha
    Kem Sokha is the President of the Human Rights Party in Cambodia. He was born on 27 June 1953 in Takéo, Cambodia.-Politics:National Assembly of the Kingdom of Cambodia 2008–Present• LAND RIGHTS. Active opponent of illegal evictions....

  • Keo Puth Rasmey
    Keo Puth Rasmey
    Keo Puth Rasmey is a Cambodian politician. On 19 October 2006 he was appointed to lead Funcinpec, the royalist party of Cambodia, replacing former leader Norodom Ranariddh. He is the son-in-law of Norodom Sihanouk, former king of Cambodia, and is of Chinese descent.- External links :*...

  • Kep, Cambodia
    Kep, Cambodia
    Kep is a coastal city and former beach resort in Cambodia's Kep Province, 173 kilometres southwest of Phnom Penh.The city was founded in 1908 during French colonial rule and was originally named Kep-sur-mer. Many of the French-style villas are overgrown and run-down, but Kep is slowly being...

  • Khang Khek Ieu
  • Khao-I-Dang
    Khao-I-Dang
    Khao-I-Dang Holding Center was a Cambodian refugee camp located 20 km north of Aranyaprathet in Prachinburi Province of Thailand...

     Refugee camp on the Cambodian border
  • Khemara
    Khemara
    Khemara Keila FC is a Cambodian football club based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The club was established in 1997. The football club's name is derived from Khemara a formal term for Khmer, and keila meaning sports.-Achievements:...

  • Khet (country subdivision)
  • Khieu Ponnary
    Khieu Ponnary
    Khieu Ponnary was the first wife of Pol Pot, sister of Khieu Thirith and sister-in-law to Ieng Sary.Khieu Ponnary was born in 1920 in Battambang Province, and her sister, Khieu Thirith, was born about 12 years later. Their father, a Cambodian judge, abandoned the family during World War II,...

  • Khieu Rada
    Khieu Rada
    Khieu Rada is a Cambodian politician. He is the son of Khieu In and Sing Tep.- Education :* C final exam , M.G.P....

  • Khieu Samphan
    Khieu Samphan
    Khieu Samphan was the president of the state presidium of Democratic Kampuchea from 1976 until 1979. As such, he served as Cambodia's head of state and was one of the most powerful officials in the Khmer Rouge movement, though Pol Pot was the group's true political leader and held the most...

  • Khim
    Khim
    The khim is a hammered dulcimer from Thailand and Cambodia. It is made of wood and trapezoidal in shape, with brass strings that are laid across the instrument. There are 14 groups of strings on the khim, and each group has 3 strings. Overall, the khim has a total of 42 strings. It is played...

  • Khleangs
    Khleangs
    The Khleangs are two buildings of unknown purpose on the east side of the Royal Square in Angkor Thom, Cambodia, located just behind the twelve towers of Prasat Suor Prat and separated by the royal route that leads from the Royal Palace to the Victory Gate. They are oriented along the north-south...

  • Khloy
    Khloy
    A khloy is an ancient traditional bamboo flute from Cambodia and more specifically the Khmer people. The khloy and other similar bamboo flutes can be found throughout Asia, due to bamboo’s abundance in the region. The khloy is a duct flute, about 15 inches long and 1 inch in diameter, with 8 or 9...

  • Khmer Empire
    Khmer Empire
    The Khmer Empire was one of the most powerful empires in Southeast Asia. The empire, which grew out of the former kingdom of Chenla, at times ruled over and/or vassalized parts of modern-day Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, and Malaysia. Its greatest legacy is Angkor, the site of the capital city...

  • Khmer Issarak
    Khmer Issarak
    The Khmer Issarak was an anti-French, Khmer nationalist political movement formed in 1945 with the backing of the government of Thailand. It sought to expel the French colonial authorities from Cambodia, and establish an independent Khmer state....

  • Khmer Krom
    Khmer Krom
    The Khmer Krom are Khmer people living in the Mekong Delta and the Lower Mekong River area. Under the Khmer Rouge regime- according to the conservative estimates are that 150,000. Under the rule of Vietnam from 1979-93, Cambodia may have lost 20,000 Khmer Krom...

  • Khmer Loeu
    Khmer Loeu
    The Khmer Loeu are the Mon–Khmer highland tribes in Cambodia. Although the origins of this group are not clear, some believe that the Mon–Khmer-speaking tribes were part of the long migration of these people from the northwest. The Austronesian-speaking groups, Rade and Jarai, apparently came to...

  • Khmer National Armed Forces
    Khmer National Armed Forces
    The Khmer National Armed Forces , often abbreviated to FANK, were the official armed defense forces of the Khmer Republic, a short-lived state that existed from 1970 to 1975, known today as Cambodia...

  • Khmer People's National Liberation Armed Forces
    Khmer People's National Liberation Armed Forces
    The Khmer People's National Liberation Armed Forces was the military component of the Khmer People's National Liberation Front a political front organized in 1979 in opposition to the Vietnamese-installed People's Republic of Kampuchea regime in Cambodia...

  • Khmer People's National Liberation Front
    Khmer People's National Liberation Front
    The Khmer People's National Liberation Front was a political front organized in 1979 in opposition to the Vietnamese-installed People's Republic of Kampuchea regime in Cambodia...

  • Khmer Rouge
    Khmer Rouge
    The Khmer Rouge literally translated as Red Cambodians was the name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, who were the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan...

  • Khmer Script
    Khmer script
    The Khmer script is an alphasyllabary script used to write the Khmer language . It is also used to write Pali among the Buddhist liturgy of Cambodia and Thailand....

  • Khmer Serei
    Khmer Serei
    The Khmer Serei, or "Free Khmer", were an anti-communist and anti-monarchist guerrilla force founded by Cambodian nationalist Son Ngoc Thanh.-Origin:...

  • Khmer art
    Khmer art
    The history of Cambodian art stretches back centuries to ancient crafts. Traditional Cambodian arts and crafts include textiles, non-textile weaving, silversmithing, stone carving, lacquerware, ceramics, wat murals, and kite-making...

  • Khmer classical dance
    Khmer classical dance
    The Royal Ballet of Cambodia is a form of performing arts established in the royal courts of Cambodia for the purpose of entertainment as well as ceremonial propitiation...

  • Khmer grammar
    Khmer grammar
    This article discusses the grammar of the Khmer language, focusing on the standard dialect.-Word order:Khmer is generally a subject–verb–object language with prepositions. Since it is an isolating language, meaning is highly dependent on word order.-Nouns:The noun has no grammatical gender or...

  • Khmer language
    Khmer language
    Khmer , or Cambodian, is the language of the Khmer people and the official language of Cambodia. It is the second most widely spoken Austroasiatic language , with speakers in the tens of millions. Khmer has been considerably influenced by Sanskrit and Pali, especially in the royal and religious...

  • Khmer numerals
    Khmer numerals
    Khmer numerals are characters used for writing numbers for several languages in Cambodia, most notably Cambodia's official language, Khmer. They date back to at least the oldest known epigraphical inscription of the Khmer numerals in 604 AD, found on a stele in Prasat Bayang, Cambodia, located not...

  • Khmer people
    Khmer people
    Khmer people are the predominant ethnic group in Cambodia, accounting for approximately 90% of the 14.8 million people in the country. They speak the Khmer language, which is part of the larger Mon–Khmer language family found throughout Southeast Asia...

  • Khmer script
    Khmer script
    The Khmer script is an alphasyllabary script used to write the Khmer language . It is also used to write Pali among the Buddhist liturgy of Cambodia and Thailand....

  • Khmer shadow theatre
    Khmer shadow theatre
    Khmer shadow theatre are forms of shadow play in which leather shadow puppets are used. The two main genres include Sbek Thom, which features the Reamker, the other being Sbek Toch uses smaller puppets and a wide range of stories...

  • Khmer traditional wrestling
    Khmer Traditional Wrestling
    Khmer traditional wrestling is a folk wrestling style from Cambodia. It has been practiced as far back as the Angkor period and is depicted on the bas-reliefs of certain temples. Although predominantly a male sport today, Khmer wrestling was once practiced by both sexes as female wrestlers are...

  • Khsach Kandal
  • Khum
    KHUM
    KHUM is a commercial Freeform music radio station in Ferndale, California, broadcasting to Humboldt County, Mendocino County, as well as Eureka, California, Arcata, California, and Humboldt State University on 104.7 FM. KHUM also broadcasts on translator K282AD 104.3 FM...

  • Kien Svay
  • King of Cambodia
    King of Cambodia
    The King of Cambodia is the head of state of the Kingdom of Cambodia. The King's power is limited to that of a symbolic figurehead to whom people are to give love and respect...

  • Koh Ker
    Koh Ker
    Koh Ker is an Angkorian site in northern Cambodia. 100 km northeast of Angkor itself, it was briefly the capital of the Khmer empire between 928 and 944 under king Jayavarman IV and his son Hasavarman II.After the Khmer empire had been established in the Angkor area , Jayavarman IV moved the...

  • Koh Kong (city)
  • Koh Kong (island)
    Koh Kong (island)
    Koh Kong is an island in Cambodia, located near Koh Kong town, and is part of Koh Kong Province.-Location and description:Koh Kong Island or Koh Kong Kroah in Khmer is Cambodia’s largest island sitting 22km south of Koh Kong town; the island is also 22km long and 6km wide and has only one...

  • Koh Kong Province
    Koh Kong Province
    Koh Kong is a province of Cambodia. The name means "Kŏng Island Province". Its capital is Koh Kong.-Geography:The most south-western province of Cambodia, Koh Kong has a long undeveloped coastline and a mountainous, forested and largely inaccessible interior which embraces part of the Cardamom...

  • Koh Rong
    Koh Rong
    Koh Rong , is the second largest island of Cambodia. Located in Koh Kong Province about 25 kilometers off the Sihanoukville's coast in the Gulf of Thailand, the island has an area of approximately 78 km2...

  • Koh Rong Samlon
    Koh Rong Samlon
    Koh Rong Samlom is an nicest island off the coast of Sihanoukville, Cambodia. It includes a large heart-shaped bay with shellfish cultivation and beaches on the north coast towards Koh Rong....

  • Koh Sess
    Koh Sess
    Koh Sess is a Cambodian island located in southwestern Cambodia. "Koh Sess" means Horse Island....

  • Koh Sotin
  • Koh Tang
    Koh Tang
    Koh Tang is an island off the coast of Preah Sihanouk Province in the Gulf of Thailand. The island is approximately 43 km southwest off the coast of Cambodia...

  • Koh Thonsáy
    Koh Thonsáy
    Koh Thonsáy is a Cambodian island located off the south western coast of Cambodia. "Koh Thonsáy" means Rabbit Island, and it is located close to the mainland of Kep City....

  • Koh Thum
  • Kong Pisei (district)
  • Kong River
  • Kong thom
  • Kong toch
  • Koulen
  • Kouprey
    Kouprey
    A kouprey , is a wild, forest-dwelling ox found mainly in northern Cambodia, but also believed to exist in southern Laos, western Vietnam, and eastern Thailand. It was discovered in 1937.Koupreys are very large ungulates, and can approach similar sizes to the wild Asian water buffalo...

  • Krakor (district)
  • Krama
    Krama
    A krama is a sturdy traditional Cambodian garment with many uses, including as a scarf, bandanna, to carry children, to cover the face, and for decorative purposes. It is worn by men, women and children, and can be fairly ornate, though most typical kramas contain a gingham pattern of some sort,...

  • Kratié Province
    Kratié Province
    Kratié or Kracheh is a province in northeastern Cambodia. It borders Stung Treng to the north, Mondulkiri to the east, Kampong Thom to the west, Kampong Cham and Vietnam to the south....

  • Kris Dim
    Kris Dim
    Krisna "Kris" Dim is an IFBB professional bodybuilder.His first national bodybuilding competition was the NPC USA Championships, where he took 6th. After many years of hard work, he finally got his "ProCard" after winning the overall light-heavyweight division in the NPC USA 2003...

  • Krol Ko
    Krol Ko
    Krol Ko at Angkor, Cambodia, is a Buddhist temple built at the end of the 12th century under the rule of Jayavarman VII. It is north of Neak Pean....

  • Krom
    KROM
    KROM is a Spanish Adult Contemporary radio station in San Antonio, Texas, broadcasting at 92.9 FM. It is owned by Univision Radio. Prior to the current format, the station was a Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio station known as KITY, or Power 93 until 1990....

  • Krouch Chhmar
  • Kting Voar
    Kting Voar
    The Kting Voar, also known as the Khting Vor, Linh Dương, or Snake-eating Cow is a bovid mammal reputed to exist in Cambodia and Vietnam.- Characteristics :...

  • Kuyteav
    Kuyteav
    Kuy teav |stock]]. Kuy teav is generally thought to have originated from the ethnic Chinese groups that settled in Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.-Etymology:...


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  • L'OKNHA Suttantaprija ind
  • LGBT rights in Cambodia (Gay rights)
  • Landmines in Cambodia
    Landmines in Cambodia
    Cambodia is a country in located South East Asia, bordered by the Gulf of Thailand, between Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos. It has a population of almost 15 million and its GDP per capita in PPP terms was $2,000 which ranked 188th countries. A major problem that Cambodia faces is the issue of...

  • Leuk Daek
  • Le papier ne peut pas envelopper la braise
    Le papier ne peut pas envelopper la braise
    Le papier ne peut pas envelopper la braise is a 2007 French-Cambodian documentary film directed by Rithy Panh.In this film, the director examines prostitution in Cambodia.-Release:...

     French-Cambodian documentary film directed by Rithy Panh.
  • Line of succession to the Cambodian Throne
    Line of succession to the Cambodian throne
    Succession to the Cambodian throne is determined by the Royal Council of the Throne as the King does not have the power to appoint an heir to the throne. In order to succeed to the Cambodian throne persons must be a member of the Cambodian Royal Family, of thirty years of age and be a descendent of...

  • List of Cambodian companies
  • List of Cambodian films
  • List of Cambodians
  • List of Cambodian Americans
  • List of airports in Cambodia
  • List of birds of Cambodia
  • List of birds on stamps of Cambodia
  • List of cities in Cambodia
  • List of ethnic groups in Cambodia
  • List of islands of Cambodia
  • List of mammals in Cambodia
  • List of newspapers in Cambodia
  • List of people on stamps of Cambodia
  • List of political parties in Cambodia
  • List of universities in Cambodia
  • List of volcanoes in Cambodia
  • Little Phnom Penh, Long Beach, California
  • Lolei
    Lolei
    Lolei is the northernmost temple of the Roluos group of three late 9th century Hindu temples at Angkor, Cambodia, the others members of which are Preah Ko and the Bakong. Lolei was the last of the three temples to be built as part of the city of Hariharalaya that once flourished at Roluos, and...

  • Lon Nil
    Lon Nil
    Lon Nil was the brother of Cambodian Prime Minister Lon Nol, and was a casualty of the Cambodian coup of 1970.Nil was the youngest son of Lon Hin, a district administrator in the French colonial era. Like his brother Lon Nol, he was educated at the Lycée Chasseloup-Laubat in Saigon, and like the...

  • Lon Nol
    Lon Nol
    Lon Nol was a Cambodian politician and general who served as Prime Minister of Cambodia twice, as well as serving repeatedly as Defense Minister...

  • Lon Non
    Lon Non
    Lon Non was a Cambodian politician and soldier who rose to his greatest prominence during the Khmer Republic .Non was the younger brother of Prime Minister Lon Nol...

  • Long Boret
    Long Boret
    Long Boret or Long Boreth was a Cambodian politician who served as Prime Minister of Cambodia from December 26, 1973 to April 17, 1975. Highly regarded for his honesty, he tried unsuccessfully to negotiate a peace settlement with the Khmer Rouge during the Cambodian Civil War...

  • Loto (actor)
    Loto (actor)
    Suon Bou known as Loto was a Cambodian actor. He was one of several Cambodian actors who escaped alive from the Khmer Rouge....

     Cambodian dwarf actor and comedian.
  • Loung Ung
    Loung Ung
    Loung Ung is a Cambodian American human-rights activist, an internationally-recognized lecturer, and the national spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine-Free World...

  • Lovek
    Lovek
    Longvek was a city in ancient Cambodia, the capital city of the country after the sacking of Angkor by the Siamese in 1431. Little more than a village today in Kampong Chhnang Province, it lies just north of Oudong....

  • Luci Thai Cambodian American pornographic actress.
  • Lucky Child
    Lucky Child
    Lucky Child is a memoir written by a Cambodian woman, Loung Ung. Her previous memoir was First They Killed My Father....

  • Lvea Aem
  • Lycée français René Descartes de Phnom Penh
    Lycée français René Descartes de Phnom Penh
    DescriptionThe Lycée français René Descartes de Phnom Penh is a private French school under agreement with the Agence pour l'Enseignement Français à l'Etranger . The Lycée is located in the heart of Phnom Penh, Cambodia...


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  • Maha Nikaya
    Maha Nikaya
    "Maha Nikaya" refers to one of the two principal sects of modern Thai Buddhism. The other principle sect is Dhammayuttika Nikaya...

     an order of Theravada Buddhist monks in Cambodia.
  • Mahendravarman
    Mahendravarman
    Mahendravarman was a king of the Cambodian kingdom of Kamboja, which would later become the Khmer empire. He was the brother of, and successor to Bhavavarman I....

  • Malcolm Caldwell
    Malcolm Caldwell
    James Alexander Malcolm Caldwell was a British academic and a prolific Marxist writer. He was a consistent critic of American imperialism, a campaigner for Asian communist liberation and socialist movements, and a strong supporter of Pol Pot...

  • Mayagüez incident
    Mayagüez incident
    The Mayaguez incident between the Khmer Rouge and the United States from May 12–15, 1975, was the last official battle of the Vietnam War. The names of the Americans killed, as well as those of three Marines who were left behind on the island of Koh Tang after the battle and who were subsequently...

  • Meanchey
    Meanchey
    Meanchey District is located in the southeastern part of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The district is subdivided into 8 Sangkats and 30 Kroms. The district has an area of 43.79 km². According to the 1998 census of Cambodia, it had a population of 157,112....

  • Media of Cambodia
    Media of Cambodia
    The Cambodian media sector is vibrant and largely unregulated. This situation has led to the establishment of numerous radio, television and print media outlets...

  • Meng Lau A Cambodian American model from San Francisco.
  • Mekong
    Mekong
    The Mekong is a river that runs through China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It is the world's 10th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annually....

  • Mekong Airlines
    Mekong Airlines
    -Code data:*IATA Code: M8*ICAO Code: MKN*Callsign: MEKONG AIRLINES-Destinations formerly served:*Phnom Penh *Ho Chi Minh City *Bangkok...

  • Memot
  • Memotian
  • Meng Keo Pichenda
    Meng Keo Pichenda
    Meng Keo Pichenda is a popular singer in Cambodia, and has been contracted to many companies for her services. She is the youngest of three sisters, all of them are vocal musicians....

  • Migration of Kambojas
  • Military Police (Cambodian football club)
    Military Police (Cambodian football club)
    Military Police, also known as National Police, is an association football club from Siem Reap, Cambodia. They won the Cambodian League in 2000.-References:...

  • Milton Osborne
    Milton Osborne
    Milton Osborne is an Australian historian, author, and consultant specializing in Southeast Asia.He attended North Sydney Boys High School, graduated from the University of Sydney and received a Ph.D. from Cornell University. Osborne held academic positions in Australia, the United Kingdom, the...

  • Ministry of the Interior of Cambodia
    Ministry of the Interior of Cambodia
    The Ministry of the Interior is the Interior Ministry of the Kingdom of Cambodia. The ministry has a broad mandate and is responsible for public administration throughout Cambodia's 24 provinces and 186 districts...

  • Modern Cambodia
    Modern Cambodia
    After the fall of the Pol Pot regime of Democratic Kampuchea, Cambodia was under Vietnamese occupation and a pro-Hanoi government, the People's Republic of Kampuchea was established...

  • Mok Mareth
    Mok Mareth
    Mok Mareth is a Cambodian politician and Minister of the Environment. He was born in Rumchang, Samraŏng District, Takeo province, Cambodia.-Political career:...

  • Mokod Pich Jewelry Enterprise
  • Monatio
    MONATIO
    MONATIO, short for Mouvement National was a short-lived, supposedly nationalist, political faction in Cambodia. The exact nature of the group is still obscure...

  • Mondulkiri
    Mondulkiri
    - References :...

  • Mom Soth
    Mom Soth
    Mom Soth is a Cambodian film actor. He has been featured in three films, Rice People , The Last Days of Colonel Savath and An Ambition Reduced to Ashes .-External links:...

     a Cambodian film actor.
  • Moulinaka
    Moulinaka
    The MOULINAKA was a pro-Sihanouk military organization formed in August 1979 by an armed group on the Thai-Cambodian border.-History:...

  • Mukh Kamphool
  • Music of Cambodia
    Music of Cambodia
    The music of Cambodia is derived both from traditions dating back to the ancient Khmer Empire and from the rapid Westernization of the popular music scene in modern times.-Folk and classical music:...

  • My Village at Sunset
    My Village at Sunset
    My Village at Sunset is a 1992 Cambodian romantic drama film directed by Norodom Sihanouk.-Plot summary:After the 1991 peace agreements, a handsome, young Cambodian doctor returns from Paris to volunteer his services at a clinic in his home village in rural Cambodia, just outside of the capital...

     Film by Norodom Sihanouk

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  • Narath Tan
    Narath Tan
    Narath Tan is a Cambodian sculptor and artist currently working in Chicago.-Early life:His early life on the outskirts of Phnom Penh during the Khmer Rouge were plagued by tragedy and horror. His father disappeared in the early 1970s and was believed to have been killed. In starving conditions...

     Cambodian Sculptor
  • National Assembly of Cambodia
    National Assembly of Cambodia
    The National Assembly of Cambodia or Radhsphea is the lower house of the Parliament of Cambodia.It has 123 members, elected for five year terms by proportional representation, using provinces as constituencies of 1 to 18 members, and the D'Hondt method of seat distribution.-Elections:Summary of the...

  • National Bank of Cambodia
    National Bank of Cambodia
    The National Bank of Cambodia, located in Phnom Penh, is the central bank of Cambodia. The bank's duties include, inter alia, the management of monetary and exchange policies, the regulation of banks and financial institutions, and the control of the national currency, the riel...

  • National Museum, Phnom Penh
    National Museum, Phnom Penh
    The National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh is Cambodia's largest museum of cultural history and is the country's leading historical and archaeological museum.- Overview :...

  • National University of Management
    National University of Management
    National University of Management is a business school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, located near Phnom Penh Railway Station. The university provides educational training programme to all people in the areas of Management, Economics, Commerce, IT, Business Law, Tourism, and Foreign languages...

  • Neak Pean
    Neak Pean
    Neak Pean at Angkor, Cambodia is an artificial island with a Buddhist temple on a circular island in Preah Khan Baray built during the reign of King Jayavarman VII...

  • Net Leung
  • New people (Kampuchea)
    New people (Kampuchea)
    New People were civilian Cambodians who were controlled and exploited by the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia from 1975-1979. Generally, anyone who was from an urban area was made a New Person and people from rural areas were made Old People....

  • Nieng Arp
    Nieng Arp
    Nieng Arp with international title as Lady Vampire also known as Vampire and Bodyless is a 2004 Cambodian horror film. The film features upon the religion and belief of domestic folklore about Krasue which present in common around Southeast Asia.Directed by a khmer-born director who took some...

     or Lady Vampire is a 2004, Cambodian horror film.
  • Nime chow
    Nime chow
    Nime chow is a Cambodian spring roll dish, notable for not being fried like other spring roll recipes....

  • Nokoreach
    Nokoreach
    "Nokor Reach" is the national anthem of the Kingdom of Cambodia. It was based on a Cambodian folk tune and written by Chuon Nath, the anthem was originally adopted in 1941 and reconfirmed in 1947, around the time of independence from France. In 1970, the monarchy was abolished, thereby replacing...

  • Nong Chan Refugee Camp
    Nong Chan Refugee Camp
    Nong Chan Refugee Camp was one of the earliest organized refugee camps on the Thai-Cambodian border, where thousands of Khmer refugees sought food and health care after fleeing the Vietnamese invasion of Democratic Kampuchea in 1979...

  • Nong Samet Refugee Camp
    Nong Samet Refugee Camp
    Nong Samet Refugee Camp, also known as 007, Rithisen or Rithysen was one of the largest refugee camps on the Thai-Cambodian border and served as a power base for the KPNLF until its destruction by the Vietnamese military in late 1984....

  • Norodom Buppha Devi
  • Norodom Chakraping Proloung Khmer Party
    Norodom Chakraping Proloung Khmer Party
    A minor political party in Cambodia, it has since been dissolved by its founder, Prince Norodom Chakrapong, after its dismal showing in the 2003 National Assembly elections. The Prince has since joined the FUNCINPEC party, headed by fellow prince Norodom Ranarridh....

  • Norodom Chakrapong
    Norodom Chakrapong
    Prince Norodom Chakrapong of Cambodia is the son Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia. Following years of guerilla fighting where he earned respect among the Sihanoukist resistance, he became a key figure in Cambodian politics in 1991...

  • Norodom Monineath Sihanouk
    Norodom Monineath Sihanouk
    Queen Mother Norodom Monineath was born on June 18, 1936, in Saigon, Vietnam. She is the wife of HM King Father Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia whom she married in April 1952...

  • Norodom Ranariddh
    Norodom Ranariddh
    Prince Norodom Ranariddh is the second son of former king Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and a half brother of the current king, Norodom Sihamoni.-Biography:...

  • Norodom Sihamoni
    Norodom Sihamoni
    Norodom Sihamoni is the current reigning King of Cambodia. He is the eldest son of Norodom Sihanouk and Norodom Monineath Sihanouk. Previously Cambodia's ambassador to UNESCO, he was named by a nine-member throne council to become the next king after his father Norodom Sihanouk abdicated in 2004...

  • Norodom Sihanouk
    Norodom Sihanouk
    Norodom Sihanouk regular script was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and again from 1993 until his semi-retirement and voluntary abdication on 7 October 2004 in favor of his son, the current King Norodom Sihamoni...

  • Norodom Suramarit
    Norodom Suramarit
    Norodom Suramarit was King of Cambodia from 1955 until his death. He is the father of King Norodom Sihanouk and the grandfather of Cambodia's current king, Norodom Sihamoni...

  • Norodom Yuvaneath
    Norodom Yuvaneath
    Prince Norodom Yuvaneath is a son of the former king of Cambodia, Norodom Sihanouk and Princess Sisowath Pongsanmoni...

  • Norodom of Cambodia
    Norodom of Cambodia
    Norodom I ruled as king of Cambodia from 1860 to 1904. He was the eldest son of King Ang Duong, who ruled on behalf of Siam, and half-brother of Prince Si Votha as well as the half-brother of King Sisowath. Norodom is cognate with Narottam in Sanskrit which means Best of men . Norodom was...

  • Northern Khmer dialect
  • Noy Vannet
    Noy Vannet
    Noy Vanneth is a Cambodian singer who has been performing for more than twenty years. He sings for Rasmey Hang Meas and other productions. His genres are pop, ram vong, cha cha, lam lao, in particular the songs of Sin Sisamouth.-Noy Vanneth Songs:...

  • Nuon Chea
    Nuon Chea
    Nuon Chea , also known as Long Bunruot , is a Cambodian former communist politician and former chief ideologist of Khmer Rouge. He was commonly known as "Brother Number Two" second in command to Pol Pot who was leader during the Cambodian Genocide 1975-1979...

  • Nyla Thai Cambodian American pornographic actress.

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  • Ocean of milk
    Ocean of milk
    In Hindu cosmology, the Ocean of Milk is the fifth from the center of the seven oceans that surround loka or directional space and separate it from aloka or non-directional space. It surrounds the continent known as Krauncha. The gods and demons worked together for a millennium to churn the sea...

  • Oddar Meancheay
  • Odongk (district)
  • One Evening After the War
    One Evening After the War
    One Evening After the War is a 1998 Cambodian drama film, directed and co-written by Rithy Panh...

     1998 Drama Film by Rithy Panh
  • Open Forum of Cambodia
    Open Forum of Cambodia
    The Open Forum of Cambodia was formed in 1994 and is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to promote dialogue in Cambodian society.It provided the first e-mail service in the country in 1994 to encourage dialogue and address social concerns...

  • Operation Blue Angel
    Operation Blue Angel
    Operation Blue Angel was a major Republic of Singapore Air Force operation in May 1993 to support the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia conducting UN-mandated elections in Cambodia held between the 23 to 28 May 1993.-Execution:...

  • Operation Chenla I
    Operation Chenla I
    Operation Chenla I was an operation of the Vietnam War. The Cambodian armed forces launched the operation during late August 1970 with limited air support from the South Vietnamese army and air force...

  • Operation Chenla II
    Operation Chenla II
    Operation Chenla II was a major military operation conducted by the Cambodian military during the Cambodian Civil War. It began on August 20 and lasted until December 3, 1971.-Summary:...

  • Operation Eagle Pull
    Operation Eagle Pull
    Operation Eagle Pull was the American evacuation by air of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 12 April, 1975. At the beginning of April 1975, Phnom Penh, the last remaining stronghold of the Khmer Republic, was surrounded by the Khmer Rouge and totally dependent on aerial resupply through Pochentong Airport...

  • Operation Freedom Deal
    Operation Freedom Deal
    Operation Freedom Deal was a U.S. Seventh Air Force interdiction and close air support campaign waged in Cambodia between 19 May 1970 and 15 August 1973, during the Vietnam War...

  • Operation Menu
    Operation Menu
    Operation Menu was the codename of a covert United States Strategic Air Command bombing campaign conducted in eastern Cambodia and Laos from 18 March 1969 until 26 May 1970, during the Vietnam War...

  • Operation Patio
    Operation Patio
    Operation Patio was a covert aerial interdiction effort conducted by the U.S. Seventh Air Force in Cambodia from 24–29 April 1970 during the Vietnam War...

  • Orn Euy Srey Orn
    Orn Euy Srey Orn
    Orn Euy Srey Orn is a highly popular 1972 film directed by Ly Bun Yim of Runteas Pich Pheap Yun. The film is a melodramatic love-triangle between Chea and Sou over a woman named Orn...

  • Ou Reang Ov
  • Oudong
    Oudong
    Udong is a town in Cambodia, situated in the north-western part of Kandal Province. The town is located on top of the mountain Phnom Udong, about 40 km northwest of the capital Phnom Penh...


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  • PMTair
    PMTair
    PMTair was a Cambodian airline offering regularly scheduled domestic and international passenger and cargo services out of Phnom Penh International Airport.-History:...

  • PMTair Flight U4 241
  • Pailin
    Pailin
    Pailin is a province at the northern edge of the Cardamom Mountains, in the west of Cambodia near the border of Thailand. This province is surrounded by Battambang Province, and was officially carved out of Battambang to become a separate administrative division after the surrender of the Ieng...

  • Pan Ron
    Pan Ron
    Pan Ron was a Cambodian singer and songwriter who was at the height of popularity in the 1960s and early 1970s. She had some success in the early 60s after her hit "Pka Kabass" in 1963, but her career really took off when she began recording with Sinn Sisamouth in 1966.In the late 1960s, Pan...

  • Parliament of Cambodia
    Parliament of Cambodia
    The Parliament of Cambodia is the bicameral legislature of the Government of Cambodia, consisting of the Senate and the National Assembly . The Parliament is composed of 181 members, 123 MPs and 58 Senators. The Constitution established the Kingdom of Cambodia as a constitutional monarchy based...

  • Party of Democratic Kampuchea
    Party of Democratic Kampuchea
    Party of Democratic Kampuchea was a political party in Cambodia, formed as a continuation of the Communist Party of Kampuchea in December 1981. In the mid-1980s it publicly claimed that its ideology was "democratic socialism," having ostensibly renounced Communism.-History:The dissolution of CPK...

  • Pathya Vat
    Pathya Vat
    The Pathya Vat is a Cambodian verse form, consisting of four lines, where lines two and three rhyme. When a poem consists more than one stanza, the last line of the previous stanza rhymes with the second and third lines of the following one....

  • Patricia Hy-Boulais
    Patricia Hy-Boulais
    Patricia Hy-Boulais is a former tennis player. Representing Hong Kong early in her career, Hy-Boulais became a citizen of Canada in 1991...

  • Pchum Ben
    Pchum Ben
    Pchum Ben is a Cambodian religious festival, culminating in celebrations on the 15th day of the tenth month in the Khmer Calendar. In 2008, the national holiday fell on the 28th - 30th of September in the Gregorian calendar....

  • Pearic languages
    Pearic languages
    The Pearic languages are a group of endangered languages of the Eastern Mon–Khmer branch of the Austroasiatic language family, spoken by Pear people living in western Cambodia and southeastern Thailand....

  • Peng Phan
    Peng Phan
    Peng Phan is a Cambodian film actress. She has been featured in three films by Rithy Panh: Rice People, One Evening After the War and The Burnt Theatre....

     Cambodian film actress.
  • Pen Sovan
    Pen Sovan
    Pen Sovan, sometimes also spelt Pen Sovann , was the first Prime Minister of the Hanoi-backed People's Republic of Kampuchea. He served from June 27, 1981 until December 5, 1981. And he was Secretary General of Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party from 1979 to 5 December 1981...

  • People's Republic of Kampuchea
    People's Republic of Kampuchea
    The People's Republic of Kampuchea , , was founded in Cambodia by the Salvation Front, a group of Cambodian leftists dissatisfied with the Khmer Rouge, after the overthrow of Democratic Kampuchea, Pol Pot's government...

  • People's Revolutionary Youth Union of Kampuchea
    People's Revolutionary Youth Union of Kampuchea
    The People's Revolutionary Youth Union of Kampuchea was the youth organization of the Khmer People's Revolutionary Party . The organization was internationally known by its French name, Union de la Jeunesse Populaire Révolutionnaire du Kampuchéa, abbreviated UJPRK...

  • Phanomsok
    Phanomsok
    Phanomsok was a town in Thailand in Phanomsok Province. In 1906, Phanomsok and three other Thai provinces were ceded to French Indochina. it is now located in Oddar Meanchey province Cambodia.-See also:*Phanomsok Province...

  • Phimeanakas
    Phimeanakas
    Phimeanakas or Vimeanakas at Angkor, Cambodia, is a Hindu temple in the Khleang style, built at the end of the 10th century, during the reign of Rajendravarman , then rebuilt by Suryavarman II in the shape of a three tier pyramid as a Hindu temple...

  • Phnom Aoral Needs to be merged
  • Phnom Aural
    Phnom Aural
    Phnom Aural is the tallest peak in Cambodia. It is 1,813 meters tall .It is in the eastern part of the Cardamom Mountains...

     Needs to be merged
  • Phnom Bakheng
    Phnom Bakheng
    -See also:* Angkor* Architecture of Cambodia* List of archaeoastronomical sites by country-References:* Goloubev, Victor. Le Phnom Bakheng et la ville de Yasovarman. Bulletin de l'EFEO , 33 : 319-344....

  • Phnom Bok
    Phnom Bok
    Phnom Bok is a hill in the northeast of Eastern Baray in Cambodia, with a prasat of the same name built on it. It is one of the "trilogies of mountains", each of which has a temple with similar layout...

  • Phnom Krom
    Phnom Krom
    Phnom Krom is a 140 m high hill close to Siem Reap, Cambodia.-Location:Phnom Krom is located to 12 kilometers southwest of Siem Reap town....

  • Phnom Malai
    Phnom Malai
    Phnom Malai is a mountain area in Malai District, Banteay Meanchey Province of Cambodia.The district became a Khmer Rouge stronghold and battleground through the 1980s and 1990s....

  • Phnom Pehn National Olympic Stadium
    Phnom Pehn National Olympic Stadium
    The Olympic Stadium or National Sports Complex is a multi-purpose stadium in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It has a capacity of 50,000 seats, but can expand up to 80,000.-History:...

  • Phnom Penh
    Phnom Penh
    Phnom Penh is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since the French colonized Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's center of economic and industrial activities, as well as the center of security,...

  • Phnom Penh Commercial Bank
    Phnom Penh Commercial Bank
    Phnom Penh Commercial Bank is a public bank of Cambodia. The Bank was founded on the 1st of September, 2008 with US$15m in paid in capital. The Head Office of the bank is located on Monivong Boulevard in Phnom Penh....

    , Cambodia's 23rd bank
  • Phnom Penh International Airport
    Phnom Penh International Airport
    -Statistics:-International terminal profile:*Total capacity: 2 million passengers**Surface: **Waiting lounges: **VIP Lounge: **Food & Beverage: **Duty Free: *Seat capacity: 360*Check-in counters: 22*Visa, Immigration and Customs counters: 30...

  • Phnom Penh Legend
    Phnom Penh Legend
    This is the legendary story of the founding of Phnom Penh.Lady Penh was a wealthy lady who lived on the outskirts of a village located in present day Phnom Penh. During the flood of the Mekong river, a hollow tree floated up to her lawn, and in the tree were four bronze statues of the Buddha. ...

  • Phnom Penh Post
    Phnom Penh Post
    The Phnom Penh Post is a daily English-language newspaper published in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Founded in 1992 by publisher Michael Hayes, it is Cambodia's oldest English-language newspaper. It is printed in full-color tabloid format. The Phnom Penh Post is also available in Khmer language...

  • Phnom Tbeng Meanchey
    Phnom Tbeng Meanchey
    Tbeng Meanchey is a town, and capital of Preah Vihear Province in northern Cambodia. Phnom Tbeng Meanchay is the mountain rising to 600 m 5 km south-west of Tbeng Meanchay town.-Sites:...

  • Phnom Voar
    Phnom Voar
    Phnom Voar is a small range of mountains in southern Cambodia. The mountain range is located in Damnak Chang'eaur District of Kep Province, near the border with Kampot Province...

  • Phnum Kravanh (district)
  • Phnum Sruoch (district)
  • Phsar Thom Thmei
  • Phum
  • Piastre
    Piastre
    The piastre or piaster refers to a number of units of currency. The term originates from the Italian for 'thin metal plate'. The name was applied to Spanish and Latin American pieces of eight, or pesos, by Venetian traders in the Levant in the 16th century.These pesos, minted continually for...

  • Pinpeat
    Pinpeat
    The pinpeat orchestra or musical ensemble performs the ceremonial music of the​ royal cours and temples of Cambodia. The orchestra consists of approximately nine or ten instruments, mainly wind and percussion . It accompanies court dances, masked plays, shadow plays, and religious ceremonies...

  • Pnong
    Pnong
    The Pnong are an aboriginal Cambodian minority ethnic group, found primarily in Mondulkiri province of Cambodia, and speaking a Mon–Khmer language....

  • Poipet
    Poipet
    Poipet is a Cambodian town on the Cambodia/Thailand border, in Ou Chrov district, Banteay Meanchey Province. It is a key crossing point between the two countries, and also extremely popular as a gambling destination as gambling is popular, but illegal in Thailand...

  • Pol Pot
    Pol Pot
    Saloth Sar , better known as Pol Pot, , was a Cambodian Maoist revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge from 1963 until his death in 1998. From 1976 to 1979, he served as the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea....

  • Politics of Cambodia
    Politics of Cambodia
    The Politics of Cambodia takes place in a framework of a constitutional monarchy, whereby the Prime Minister is the head of government and a Monarch is head of state. The kingdom formally takes place according to the nation's constitution in a framework of a parliamentary, representative...

  • Ponhea Kraek
  • Ponhea Leu
  • Ponhea Yat
    Ponhea Yat
    Ponhea Yat was the last king of the Khmer Empire.He was the son of Srey Soriyovong and became king in 1393. That year he was forced to flee Angkor Thom when the Siamese captured it, resettling first in Tuol Basan , and after that became flooded, to Chaktomuk .In Phnom Penh, the king ordered the...

  • Pradal Serey
    Pradal Serey
    Pradal serey is an unarmed martial art from Cambodia. In Khmer the word pradal means fighting or boxing and serey means free. Originally used for warfare, pradal serey is now one of Cambodia's national sports...

  • Prahok
    Prahok
    Prahok​​ is a crushed, salted and fermented fish paste that is used in Cambodian cuisine as a seasoning or a condiment. It originated as a way of preserving fish during the longer months when fresh fish was not available in abundant supply...

  • Prampir Makara
    Prampir Makara
    Prampi Makara District is the smallest district in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The district is subdivided into 8 Sangkats and 33 Kroms. The district has an area of 2.21 km². According to the 1998 census of Cambodia, it had a population of 96,192....

  • Prang (architecture)
    Prang (architecture)
    A prang is a tall finger-like spire, usually richly carved. This was a common feature of Khmer religious architecture and was later adopted by Thai builders, typically in the Ayutthaya and Bangkok periods. In Thailand it appears only with the most important religious buildings.The first Prangs in...

  • Prasat Ak Yum
    Prasat Ak Yum
    Prasat Ak Yum is temple in the Angkor region of Cambodia. The first structure on the site was a single-chamber brick sanctuary, probably constructed toward the end of the 8th Century, scholars believe. Later the temple was remade as a stepped pyramid structure, with a base approximately 100 meters...

  • Prasat Kravan
    Prasat Kravan
    Prasat Kravan is a small 10th century temple consisting of five reddish brick towers on a common terrace, located at Angkor, Cambodia south of the artificial lake or baray called Srah Srang. Its original Sanskrit name is unknown. The modern name in Khmer, "Prasat Kravan", means cardamom temple...

  • Prasat Preah Vihear
    Prasat Preah Vihear
    Preah Vihear Temple is a Hindu temple built during the reign of Khmer Empire, that is situated atop a cliff in the Dângrêk Mountains, in the Preah Vihear province, Cambodia...

  • Pre Rup
    Pre Rup
    Pre Rup is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built as the state temple of Khmer king Rajendravarman and dedicated in 961 or early 962. It is a temple mountain of combined brick, laterite and sandstone construction....

  • Preah Khan
    Preah Khan
    Preah Khan , sometimes transliterated as Prah Khan, is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built in the 12th century for King Jayavarman VII. It is located northeast of Angkor Thom and just west of the Jayatataka baray, with which it was associated. It was the centre of a substantial organisation,...

  • Preah Ko
    Preah Ko
    Preah Ko was the first temple to be built in the ancient and now defunct city of Hariharalaya , some 15 kilometers south-east of the main group of temples at Angkor, Cambodia...

  • Preah Maha Ghosananda
    Preah Maha Ghosananda
    Maha Ghosananda, , was a highly revered Cambodian Buddhist monk in the Theravada tradition, who served as the Patriarch of Cambodian Buddhism during the Khmer Rouge period and post-communist transition period of Cambodian history...

  • Preah Palilay
    Preah Palilay
    Preah Palilay is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia. It is located in Angkor Thom, 400 m north-west of Phimeanakas.-History:The coexistence of hindu and buddhist elements and lacking of foundation stele or inscriptions make somewhat difficult dating this temple...

  • Preah Pithu
    Preah Pithu
    Preah Pithu , or Prah Pithu, is a group of five temples at Angkor, Cambodia.-The site:They're located in Angkor Thom, north-east of the Bayon, in front of Tep Pranam. The temples are near but they weren't built in the same period, except for two of them, so there is no apparent order. They're...

  • Preah Thaong and Neang Neak
    Preah Thaong and Neang Neak
    Preah Thong and Neang Neak are symbolic personas in Khmer culture. They are thought to have founded the pre-Angkor state of Funan...

  • Preah Vihear Province
  • Preap Sovath
    Preap Sovath
    Preap Sovath is a singer in Cambodia. He records for Cambodian production company Rasmey Hang Meas....

  • President Airlines
    President Airlines
    President Airlines was an airline based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It was privately-owned and operated scheduled passenger flights from Phnom Penh to domestic destinations, as well as flights to Thailand, Republic of China and Hong Kong out of Phnom Penh International Airport.- History :President...

  • Prey Chhor
  • Prey Veng
  • Prey Veng Province
  • Prime Minister of Cambodia
    Prime Minister of Cambodia
    The Prime Minister of Cambodia , is the head of government of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Prime Minister is appointed by the King under Article 119 of the Constitution and is responsible for leading the government of the Kingdom.-Constitutional powers:The powers of the Prime Minister are established...

  • Provinces of Cambodia
  • Provinces of Phnom Penh
  • Public Bank
    Public Bank
    Public Bank Berhad is a bank based in Malaysia. Public Bank is currently the biggest domestic bank in Malaysia by shareholders' funds. It focuses on retail customers and small to medium sized enterprises. The bank was founded in 1966 by Teh Hong Piow, the then general manager of Malayan Banking...

  • Public holidays in Cambodia
    Public holidays in Cambodia
    -Public holidays:-References:* Cambodian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation * Cambodian Embassy in Australia...

  • Pursat
    Pursat
    Pursat is the capital of Pursat Province, Cambodia. Its name derived from a type of tree.- Notes :...

  • Pursat Province

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  • Rajendravarman
  • Ramkbach
    Ramkbach
    Rom kbach is a genre of Cambodian popular music and a popular Khmer dance style. Rom kbach has a slower emotional melody similar to Thai music, whereas the Chamrieng Samai music category of romvong has a faster tune. The two main cultural dance styles of Cambodia are the romvong and rom kbach,...

  • Ramvong
    Ramvong
    Romvong or Lamvong is a popular folk-dance in Cambodia and Laos, and more marginally in Thailand. It is a slow circle dance continuously moving in a circle, and incorporates graceful hand movements and simple footwork. Both men and women participate in the same circle...

  • Ratanakiri
    Ratanakiri
    Ratanakiri is a province in northeastern Cambodia that borders Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, Mondulkiri Province to the south, and Stung Treng Province to the west. The province extends from the mountains of the Annamite Range in the north, across a hilly plateau between the Tonle San...

  • Ratanankiri Airport
    Ratanankiri Airport
    Ratanakiri Airport is an airport in Ban Lung town in Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia.- History :In November 2005, there was a minor accident at Ratanakiri Airport when a plane arriving from Phnom Penh hit the side of the runway and ground looped, which caused the right hand main landing gear to...

  • Reamker
    Reamker
    Reamker is a Cambodian epic poem, based on the Sanskrit's Ramayana epic. The name means "Glory of Rama". It adapts the Hindu ideas to Buddhist themes and shows the balance of good and evil in the world. More than just a reordering of the epic tale, the Reamker is a mainstay of the royal ballet's...

  • Rice People
    Rice People
    Rice People is a 1994 Cambodian drama film directed and co-written by Rithy Panh. Adapted from the 1966 novel Ranjau Sepanjang Jalan , by Malaysian author Shahnon Ahmad, which is set in the Malaysian state of Kedah, Rice People is the story of a rural family in post-Khmer Rouge Cambodia,...

  • Riel
    Cambodian riel
    For earlier Cambodian currencies, see Cambodian tical and Cambodian franc.The riel is the currency of Cambodia. There have been two distinct riel, the first issued between 1953 and May 1975. Between 1975 and 1980, the country had no monetary system. A second currency, also named "riel", has been...

  • Rithy Panh
    Rithy Panh
    Rithy Panh is an internationally and critically acclaimed Cambodian documentary film director and screenwriter.The French-schooled director's films focus on the aftermath of the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia...

  • Robam Meh Am Bao
    Robam Meh Am Bao
    Robam Meh Am Bao is a Khmer dance in the form of a play that is commonly performed by children in the schools of Cambodia.It illustrates a story of bug hunters working diligently to maintain the garden and keeping unwanted bugs away. At the same time, a group of young female butterflies flying and...

     a Khmer dance in the form of a play.
  • Robam Moni Mekala traditional Khmer dance in the form of a play.
  • Robam Neary Chea Chuor
    Robam Neary Chea Chuor
    Robam Neary Chea Chuor is a traditional Khmer dance of young Cambodian women wearing colorful and elegant costumes.The dance reminds the Khmer people of the rich culture that has been nourished through generations, and it is well known among the neighboring countries of South-East Asia.-External...

     Khmer dance of young Cambodian women.
  • Rochom P'ngieng
  • Roland Eng
    Roland Eng
    Roland Eng is a Cambodian politician and the Cambodian Ambassador to the United States of America. He has been active in Washington D.C. since the fall of 1999.Ambassador Eng is well known for his charitable works and a well-respected diplomat....

     Cambodian Ambassador to the United States of America.
  • Roman Catholicism in Cambodia
    Roman Catholicism in Cambodia
    The Roman Catholic Church in Cambodia is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome.There are around 20,000 Catholics in Cambodia which represents only 0.15% of the total population...

  • Romanization of Khmer
  • Romdoul
  • Romeas Haek
  • Roneat ek
    Roneat ek
    The roneat ek is a xylophone used in the Khmer classical music of Cambodia. It is built in the shape of a curved, rectangular shaped boat. It has twenty-one thick bamboo or hard wood bars that are suspended from strings attached to the two walls. They are cut into pieces of the same width, but of...

  • Roneat thung
    Roneat thung
    The roneat thung is a low-pitched xylophone used in the Khmer classical music of Cambodia. It is built in the shape of a curved, rectangular shaped boat. This instrument plays an important part in the pinpeat ensemble. The roneat thung is placed on the left of the roneat ek, a higher-pitched...

  • Roneat dek
    Roneat dek
    The roneat dek is a Cambodian metallophone. It is an ancient instrument made of metal and is used in the pinpeat ensemble. It is believed to have originated from the Royal Courts before the Angkor period. This instrument is rarely covered with ornamentation on either the bars or the sound box...

  • Ros Sereysothea
    Ros Sereysothea
    Ros Sereysothea was a famous Cambodian singer during the nation's thriving cultural renaissance. She sang from a variety of genres but romantic ballads emerged as her most popular works. Despite a rather short career she is credited with producing hundreds of songs and even starring in a few movies...

  • Royal Arms of Cambodia
    Royal Arms of Cambodia
    The royal coat of arms of the Kingdom of Cambodia is the symbol of the Cambodian monarchy. They have existed in some form close to the one depicted since the establishment of the independent Kingdom of Cambodia in 1953...

  • Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
    Royal Cambodian Armed Forces
    The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces are the national military forces of Cambodia. The Commander-in-Chief is HM King Norodom Sihamoni, and consists of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Special Forces....

  • Royal Cambodian Air Force
    Royal Cambodian Air Force
    The Royal Cambodian Air Force is the branch of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces which is charged with operating all military aircraft in Cambodia.-Organization:...

  • Royal Cambodian Army
    Royal Cambodian Army
    The Royal Cambodian Army is a part of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces. It has ground forces which numbered about 175,000 divided into eleven divisions of infantry, with integrated armour and artillery support...

  • Royal Cambodian Navy
  • Royal Khmer Airlines
    Royal Khmer Airlines
    Royal Khmer Airlines was an airline based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It operated scheduled passenger services from Phnom Penh and Siem Reap.- History :...

  • Royal Palace, Phnom Penh
    Royal Palace, Phnom Penh
    The Royal Palace , in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is a complex of buildings which serves as the royal residence of the king of Cambodia. Its full name in the Khmer language is Preah Barum Reachea Veang Chaktomuk...

  • Royal Phnom Penh Airways
    Royal Phnom Penh Airways
    Royal Phnom Penh Airways was an airline based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It operated domestic services, as well as regional flights to Thailand out of Phnom Penh International Airport and Angkor International Airport, Siem Reap.- History :...

  • Royal Ploughing Ceremony
    Royal Ploughing Ceremony
    The Royal Plowing Ceremony is an ancient royal rite held in Cambodia and Thailand to mark the traditional beginning of the rice-growing season...

  • Royal University of Law and Economics
    Royal University of Law and Economics
    The Royal University of Law and Economics was one of the first higher educational institutions in Cambodia.RULE was established in 1948 as the National Institute of Law, Politics and Economics. In 2003 the former Institute officially became a university. In 2003 there were almost 5,000 students...

  • Royal University of Phnom Penh
    Royal University of Phnom Penh
    The Royal University of Phnom Penh is Cambodia’s oldest and largest university located in the capital Phnom Penh. It hosts more than 10000 students across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs...

  • Russey Keo

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  • S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
    S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine
    S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine is a 2003 documentary film directed by Rithy Panh. Rithy, himself a survivor of the Khmer Rouge, brought together two former prisoners of the regime with their former captors at Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, the former Security Prison 21 under the Khmer Rouge.-...

  • S'ang
  • SS Columbia Eagle incident
    SS Columbia Eagle incident
    The SS Columbia Eagle incident refers to a mutiny that occurred aboard the merchant vessel Columbia Eagle in March 1970 when crewmembers seized the vessel and sailed to Cambodia.-History:...

  • SS Mayagüez
    SS Mayagüez
    SS Mayaguez was a U.S.-flagged container ship that attained notoriety for its 12 May 1975 seizure by Khmer Rouge forces of Cambodia, which resulted in a confrontation with the United States at the close of the Vietnam War....

  • Sabai Sabai Sesame
    Sabai Sabai Sesame
    Sabai Sabai Sesame, or Happy Happy Sesame in English, is the Cambodian version of the popular U.S. children's series Sesame Street. It debuted 13 December 2005 on Educational Television Cambodia, produced in association with Sesame Workshop, through a grant from the United States embassy.-External...

  • Sa Kaeo Refugee Camp
    Sa Kaeo Refugee Camp
    Sa Kaeo Refugee Camp was the first organized refugee relief camp established on the Thai-Cambodian border by the Royal Thai Government with support from international relief agencies including the United Nations. It was opened in October 1979 and closed in early July 1980...

  • Sam-Ang Sam
    Sam-Ang Sam
    Sam-Ang Sam, Ph.D. is a Cambodian American ethnomusicologist and recent MacArthur Fellow. As founder of Sam-Ang Sam Ensemble, he has released several albums for sale in mainstream American markets in an attempt to revive Classical Khmer music and stimulate interest in the various Cambodian...

  • Sam Rainsy
    Sam Rainsy
    Sam Rainsy is a Cambodian politician.Sam Rainsy was born in Phnom Penh, son of Sam Sary, a member of Cambodia's government for a time in the 1950s. He moved to France in 1965, studied there and then worked in a variety of Parisian financial companies...

  • Sam Rainsy Party
    Sam Rainsy Party
    The Sam Rainsy Party is a personalist and more or less liberal party in Cambodia. The party is a member of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats...

  • Sam Sary
    Sam Sary
    Sam Sary was a Cambodian politician who participated in the so-called Bangkok Plot against Prince Norodom Sihanouk. He was a son of Sam Nhean, a prominent politician in the 1940s and father of Sam Rainsy, presently a leader of the main Cambodia's opposition party...

  • Samlar machu
    Samlar machu
    Samlar machu is the Khmer term for a category of sour soups popularly known in English as simply "Cambodian sour soup." The soup derived from the Vietnamese sour soup canh chua....

  • Samlaut Multiple Use Area
    Samlaut Multiple Use Area
    Samlaut is a protected area in northwestern Cambodia. It was declared a protected area in 1993 by King Norodom Sihanouk along with other forests and preserves. Samlaut is the last remaining tropical rainforest in northwestern Cambodia, covering 600 square kilometres...

  • Sampeah
    Sampeah
    The Sampeah is a Cambodian greeting or a way of showing respect. It is very similar to the Thai wai and the Indian Añjali Mudrā/namasté. While performing the sampeah, the person places his palms together in a prayer-like fashion while bowing slightly...

  • Sampho
    Sampho
    The samphor is a small barrel drum indigenous to Cambodia. It has two heads and is played with both hands. The player of the sampho leads the pinpeat , setting the tempo and beat...

  • Sampot
    Sampot
    The sampot is a long, rectangular cloth worn around the lower body. It can be draped and folded in several different ways. The traditional dress is similar to the dhoti of Southern Asia...

  • Sampov Meas (district)
  • Samraong Tong (district)
  • Samudra manthan
    Samudra manthan
    In Hinduism, Samudra manthan or Ksheera Sagara Mathanam, Churning of the Ocean of Milk is one of the most famous episodes in the Puranas...

  • Sangkat
  • Sangkum Jatiniyum Front Party
  • Sangrama
    Sangrama
    Sangrama was the general of King Udayadityavarman II of the Khmer Empire in what is now Cambodia....

  • Santebal
    Santebal
    The Santebal, a Khmer term meaning "keeper of the peace", was the Special Branch of the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia.The Santebal was in charge of internal security and running prison camps like Tuol Sleng where thousands of people were imprisoned, tortured and killed...

  • Saom Vansodany
  • Sar Kheng
    Sar Kheng
    Sar Kheng is the Cambodian Minister of the Interior. In this capacity he also holds the rank of Deputy Prime Minister. He is a member of the Cambodian People's Party and is one of the highest ranking members of that party. Sar has been the Minister of the Interior since 1998...

  • Sary
    Sary
    Sary /Sārā/ is a type of fruit that is native to Cambodia. It is sometimes thought of as being a combination of an apple and a pear. It has almost the sweetness of a pear, and is less acidic than an apple. It is described by the Khmer people as being neither an apple, nor a pear, but being its...

  • Saukam Khoy
    Saukam Khoy
    Saukam Khoy was Acting President of the Khmer Republic in Cambodia for 12 days in April 1975.Before becoming President, Saukam Khoy was a senior commander in the army of the Republic and the President of the Senate...

  • Scouting in Cambodia
    Scouting in Cambodia
    The National Association of Cambodian Scouts is the national Scouting organization in Cambodia. It was founded in September 2005 through the merger of the Scout Organization of Cambodia and the Cambodian Scouts ​ and became a member of the World Organization of the Scout Movement on 1 July,...

  • Sdach Korn
    Sdach Korn
    Sdach Korn literally or Srey Chetha Thireach Rama Thepday was King of Cambodia from 1498 to 1505. Korn dethroned the King and attempted to establish a new dynasty. Unfortunately, little is known about Korn as evidence from the 15th and 16th Centuries in Cambodia is sparse.-References:...

     King of Cambodia from 1498 to 1505.
  • Sdok Kak Thom
  • Sean Flynn
    Sean Flynn
    Sean Leslie Flynn was an American actor and freelance photojournalist best known for his coverage of the Vietnam War. He started a news service in Saigon with John Steinbeck IV, son of the American author.Flynn was the only child of the marriage of Errol Flynn and Lili Damita...

  • See Angkor and Die
    See Angkor and Die
    See Angkor and Die is a 1993 Cambodian romantic drama film directed by Norodom Sihanouk.-Plot summary:A young author with an incurable illness wishes to return to Angkor Wat to spend his final days, but his wife remains in Phnom Penh, sending a young cousin to go instead. While his wife makes plans...

     1993 Cambodian romantic drama directed by Norodom Sihanouk.
  • Sen-Ranariddh Coalition
    Sen-Ranariddh Coalition
    The Hun Sen-Norodom Ranariddh Coalition marked a brief period in Cambodia where Hun Sen and Prince Norodom Ranariddh were coequal Prime Ministers.The coalition lasted from 2 July until 21 September 1993.-References:* http://worldstatesmen.org/Cambodia.html...

  • Senate of Cambodia
    Senate of Cambodia
    The Senate of Cambodia is the upper house of the Parliament of Cambodia.According to the , The Senate is a body that has legislative power and performs its duties as determined in the constitution and law. The Senate consists of 58 members that the number of which does not exceed half of all of...

  • Senmonorom
    Senmonorom
    Senmonorom is the capital of Senmonorom District and Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia.Senmonorom is the only major town in the province of Mondulkiri...

  • Serge Thion
    Serge Thion
    Serge Thion is a French sociologist. A former researcher at the French National Center for Scientific Research, he was dismissed from his position there for Holocaust denial activities.- Career :...

  • Si Votha
    Si Votha
    Si Votha was a Cambodian prince who was briefly a contender for the throne. He spent his entire life fighting his half brother King Norodom for the throne, and died without coming close to toppling his half brother from the throne.Si Votha was a grandson of King Ang Eng and a son of King Ang...

  • Siem Reap
    Siem Reap
    Siem Reap is the capital city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia, and is the gateway to Angkor region.Siem Reap has colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter, and around the Old Market...

  • Siem Reap Airways
    Siem Reap Airways
    Siem Reap Airways International Co., Ltd is a defunct airline based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It operated domestic and international services. Its main base was Phnom Penh International Airport, with hubs at Bangkok International Airport and Angkor International Airport, Siem Reap.- Banned E.U...

  • Siem Reap Province
  • Sihanouk Trail
    Sihanouk Trail
    The Sihanouk Trail was a logistical supply system in Cambodia used by the People's Army of Vietnam and its National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam allies during the Vietnam War...

  • Sihanoukville
    Sihanoukville
    Sihanoukville , also known as Kampong Saom, is a province in southern Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand. This port city is a growing Cambodian urban center, located southwest of the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh. The province is named after King Father Norodom Sihanouk and grew up around the...

  • Sihanoukville Autonomous Port
    Sihanoukville Autonomous Port
    Sihanoukville Autonomous Port or Port Autonome de Sihanoukville is a government agency and state corporation of Cambodia and Sihanoukville that operates and governs the country's sole deep water port. Located in Sihanoukville, in Bay of Kompong Som on the Gulf of Thailand in the south of Cambodia...

  • Sihanoukville International Airport
    Sihanoukville International Airport
    Sihanouk International Airport , located east of Sihanoukville town in Sihanoukville province, is Cambodia's third international airport. The airport is also known as Kang Keng Airport...

  • Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
    Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
    The Silver Pagoda is located on the south side of the Royal Palace, Phnom Penh. Formerly, it was known as Wat Ubosoth Ratanaram. The temple's official name is Preah Vihear Preah Keo Morakot but is commonly referred to as Wat Preah Keo in Khmer....

  • Sinn Sisamouth
    Sinn Sisamouth
    Sinn Sisamouth was a famous and highly prolific Cambodian singer-songwriter in the 1950s to the 1970s.Widely considered the "King of Khmer music", Sisamouth, along with Ros Sereysothea, Pan Ron, and other artists, was part of a thriving pop music scene in Phnom Penh that blended elements of Khmer...

  • Sisophon
    Sisophon
    Sisophon is the provincial capital of Banteay Meanchey, Cambodia. The city separates Cambodia's National Highway 5 and National Highway 6. Serei Saophoan is difficult to pronounce, so often the area is written transliterated as "Sisophon", even on Cambodian signs...

  • Sisophon Province
    Sisophon Province
    Sisophon was a changwat of Thailand. In 1906 it was ceded to French Indochina. It is now part of Cambodia and known as Banteay Meanchey....

  • Sisowath Monireth
    Sisowath Monireth
    Prince Monireth Sisowath was Prime Minister of Cambodia, during the French Protectorate Period, from October 17, 1945 to December 15, 1946. One of the most prominent members of the Sisowath line of the royal family at the time, he had earlier been passed over for the throne by the French...

  • Sisowath Monivong
    Sisowath Monivong
    Sisowath Monivong was the king of Cambodia from 1927 until his death in 1941.Sisowath Monivong was the second son of King Sisowath. He was born in Phnom Penh in 1875. During this time, his uncle, King Norodom was ruling from Odong, the capital at that time, as a puppet king for the French...

  • Sisowath Ritharavong
    Sisowath Ritharavong
    Prince Sisowath Ritharavong was the father of Prince Sisowath Sararith, son of Prince Sisowath Sisura . His mother was Princess Sisowath Darameth, daughter of Prince Sisowath Dung Leakhana....

  • Sisowath Sirik Matak
    Sisowath Sirik Matak
    Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak was a member of the Cambodian royal family, the Varman dynasty.Sirik Matak was mainly notable for his involvement in Cambodian politics, particularly for his involvement in the 1970 right-wing coup against his cousin, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, and for his subsequent...

  • Sisowath of Cambodia
    Sisowath of Cambodia
    Sisowath I was king of Cambodia from 1904 to his death in 1927.Sisowath was born in Battambang in Cambodia. He was the son of King Ang Duong and half brother of Prince Si Votha and King Norodom....

  • Site Two Refugee Camp
    Site Two Refugee Camp
    Site Two Refugee Camp was the largest refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian border and, for several years, the largest refugee camp in Southeast Asia...

  • Skuon
    Skuon
    Skuon is the district capital of Cheung Prey District, in Kampong Cham Province, Cambodia. This busy market town has grown up around the intersection of National Highway 6 and National Highway 7. Skuon is around west of the provincial capital at Kampong Cham city and north of the Cambodian...

  • Soben Huon
    Soben Huon
    Soben R. Huon is a beauty queen from Los Angeles, California who has competed in the Miss USA pageant.Huon won the Miss Utah USA 2006 title in late 2005 in her first attempt. She represented Utah in the Miss USA 2006 pageant broadcast live from Baltimore, Maryland in April 2006. She was also the...

  • Sokhom So
    Sokhom So
    Sokhom So is the Vice President of the Cambodian Freedom Fighters, an anti-communist militant organization that operates primarily in the United States.So once said, the "U.S. overthrew Saddam Hussein's government. If I'm a terrorist, then George W...

     Vice President of the Cambodian Freedom Fighters.
  • Sok Sreymom
    Sok Sreymom
    Sok Sreymom is one of Cambodia's most beloved film stars with roles in over 100 films and videos. She now lives in California as an accomplished singer traveling around the US appearing with Khmer bands for the last ten years and is releasing her first American music video...

  • Somaly Mam
    Somaly Mam
    Somaly Mam is a Cambodian author and human rights advocate, focusing primarily on needs of victims of human sex trafficking, and has garnered official and media acclaim for her efforts.-Early life:...

  • Somlenh Polokor
    Somlenh Polokor
    Somlenh Polokor was a Cambodian journal, published during the 1960s. It was closely connected to the clandestine Communist Party of Kampuchea....

     a Cambodian journal published during the 1960s.
  • Son Ngoc Minh
    Son Ngoc Minh
    Son Ngoc Minh , also known as Achar Mean, was a Cambodian communist politician whose first notable career achievement was in 1950 when he was appointed the head of provisional revolutionary government of the United Issarak Front organized at Hongdan...

  • Son Ngoc Thanh
    Son Ngoc Thanh
    Son Ngoc Thanh was a Cambodian nationalist and republican policitian, with a long history as a rebel and a government minister.-Early life:...

  • Son Sann
    Son Sann
    Son Sann was a Cambodian politician and anti-communist resistance leader. Born in Phnom Penh, he held the office of Prime Minister in 1967-68. A devout Buddhist, he fathered seven children and was married....

  • Son Sen
    Son Sen
    Son Sen was a Cambodian Communist politician and soldier. A member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kampuchea/Party of Democratic Kampuchea, the Khmer Rouge, from 1974 to 1992, Sen oversaw the Party's security apparatus, including the Santebal secret police and the notorious...

  • Song Senhorn
  • Sophea Duch
    Sophea Duch
    Sophea Duch is a popular Karaoke song artist. She was born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. She is currently very popular among the younger generation in Phnom Penh, the rest of Cambodia and in other South Eastern Asian countries....

  • Sophiline Cheam Shapiro
    Sophiline Cheam Shapiro
    Sophiline Cheam Shapiro is a Cambodian dancer and choreographer.-Early life:At the age of eight she was forced to live in the countryside of Cambodia after her family was evacuated from the city by the Khmer Rouge...

    a choreographer, dancer and vocalist.
  • Sorya Shopping Center
    Sorya Shopping Center
    Sorya Shopping Center is currently the largest modern shopping complex in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. With an area of 40,000 square meters, it has eight stories containing shops catering to the various needs of customers. For the clients comfort, it is facilitated with a central air conditioning system,...

  • Sosthene Fernandez
    Sosthene Fernandez
    General Sosthène Fernandez was the commander-in-chief of the Khmer National Armed Forces and chief of general staff after Norodom Sihanouk was deposed as head of state in 1970, and is of Khmer Krom-Filipino descent...

  • Soth Polin
    Soth Polin
    Soth Polin is a Khmer writer. His first novel, A Meaningless Life, was published in 1964. He also founded the Nokor Thom newspaper, which was published from the late 1960s until 1974...

  • Spean Thma
    Spean Thma
    Spean Thma in Angkor, Cambodia is known as the bridge of stone and it is located west of Ta Keo. It is one of the few Khmer Empire era bridges to have survived to the modern day....

  • Srah Srang
    Srah Srang
    Srah Srang is a baray at Angkor, Cambodia, located south of the East Baray and east of Banteay Kdei.-History:It was dug in the mid-10th century, by initiative of Kavindrarimathana, Buddhist minister of Rajendravarman II...

  • Sralai
    Sralai
    The sralai is a wind instrument used in the pinpeat of Cambodia. Its quadruple reed is made of palm leaf, and its body has a slightly conical bore. Its cousin, the Western oboe, has a double reed and a conical bore. The pinpeat instruments tune to the sralai's pitch, and the player must learn...

  • Srey Santhor
  • Sri Jayarajacudamani
    Sri Jayarajacudamani
    Sri Jayarajacudamani was wife of King Dharanindravarman II of the Khmer Empire, and is best known for being the mother of Jayavarman VII.-External links:*...

  • Stueng Trang
  • Stung Treng
    Stung Treng
    Stung Treng is the capital of Stung Treng Province, Cambodia. It is located in the western part of the Virachey National Park.It is the major city of both the district and province and has a population of 29,665 ....

  • Stung Treng Airport
    Stung Treng Airport
    Stung Treng Airport is an airport serving Stung Treng, the capital of Stung Treng Province in Cambodia.-Facilities:The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 02/20 with an asphalt surface measuring ....

  • Stung Treng Province
    Stung Treng Province
    Stung Treng is a northern province of Cambodia.-Description:The Cambodia/Lao border is located in the north of Stung Treng Province. The Mekong river crosses the province roughly in its midst.-History of stung treng:...

  • Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia
    Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia
    The Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia is the effective leader of the Buddhist community in Cambodia.-History:...

  • Suryavarman I
    Suryavarman I
    Suryavarman I was king of the Khmer Empire from 1010 to 1050. After the reign of Udayadityavarman I, which ended around 1000, there was no clear successor. Two kings, Jayaviravarman and Suryavarman I, both claimed the throne. Suryavarman I was a Buddhist who was said in the Chronicles of Chieng...

  • Suryavarman II
    Suryavarman II
    Suryavarman II was king of the Khmer Empire from 1113 AD to 1145-1150 AD and the builder of Angkor Wat, which he dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu...

  • Svay Chrom
  • Svay Pak
    Svay Pak
    Svay Pak is an ethnically Vietnamese village located in the Russey Keo District of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Svay Pak is also known as Kilometre 11 or K11.-Economic situation:...

  • Svay Rieng
  • Svay Rieng Province
  • Svay Theab
  • Swimming to Cambodia
    Swimming to Cambodia
    Spalding Gray's Swimming to Cambodia is a 1987 Jonathan Demme-directed performance film. The film is a performance of Spalding Gray's monologue which centered around such themes as his trip to Southeast Asia to create the role of the U.S. Ambassador's aide in The Killing Fields, the Cold War,...

  • Sydney Schanberg
    Sydney Schanberg
    Sydney Hillel Schanberg is an American journalist who is best known for his coverage of the war in Cambodia.-Life:Schanberg joined The New York Times as a journalist in 1959. He spent much of the early 1970s in Southeast Asia as a correspondent for the Times...


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  • Ta Keo
    Ta Keo
    Ta Keo is a temple-mountain, in Angkor , possibly the first to be built entirely of sandstone by Khmers.-The site:Ta Keo had to be the state temple of Jayavarman V, son of Rajendravarman, who had built Pre Rup...

  • Ta Khmau
    Ta Khmau
    Ta Khmao is the capital of Kandal Province in central Cambodia.The city is about 11 Km south of Phnom Penh . The City is subdivided into 6 communes and 20 villages ....

  • Ta Mok
    Ta Mok
    Ta Mok , which means "Grandfather Mok" in Khmer, was the nom de guerre of Chhit Choeun , a senior figure in the leadership of the Khmer Rouge...

  • Ta Nei
    Ta Nei
    Ta Nei is a late 12th Century stone temple located in Angkor, Cambodia. Built during the reign of King Jayavarman VII, it is located near the northwest corner of the East Baray, a large holy reservoir. It was dedicated to the Buddha....

  • Ta Prohm
    Ta Prohm
    Ta Prohm is the modern name of a temple at Angkor, Siem Reap Province, Cambodia, built in the Bayon style largely in the late 12th and early 13th centuries and originally called Rajavihara...

  • Ta Som
    Ta Som
    Ta Som is a small temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built at the end of the 12th century for King Jayavarman VII. It is located north east of Angkor Thom and just east of Neak Pean. The King dedicated the temple to his father Dharanindravarman II who was King of the Khmer Empire from 1150 to 1160...

  • Tabitha Cambodia
    Tabitha Cambodia
    Tabitha Cambodia was founded in 1994 by Janne Ritskes, a Canadian with 20 years experience working in the slums of the United States, Philippines, Kenya and Cambodia. Tabitha Cambodia works exclusively to improve the lives of the poorest of the poor. Tabitha had helped more than 500,000 Cambodians...

  • Takéo
    Takéo
    Takéo is the capital of Takéo Province, Cambodia. As of 1998 it had a population of 39,186. The town and province is known for its silk weaving and the province is home to about 10,000 of the total of 15,000 Cambodian weavers. Most silk weavers in the villages are near the national highway in the...

  • Takéo Province
  • Tampuan
    Tampuan
    The Tampuan are an indigenous ethnic group living in northeast Cambodia. Numbering about 25,000, the Tampuan people live in the mountainous Southern and Western portions of the Cambodian province of Ratanakiri. They have their own language of the Mon–Khmer language family...

  • Tbuong Kmoum
  • Teng Bunma
    Teng Bunma
    Teng Bunma is one of the wealthiest businessmen in Cambodia, a country whose wealth is concentrated in the hands of a small group of closely connected politicians, military officials and businessmen...

  • Tep Sodachan
    Tep Sodachan
    Tep Sodachan is a widely acclaimed Cambodian film released in 1968 by Van Chan Pheap Yun. It was directed by Lay Nguon Heng and stars Kong Sam Oeurn, Vichara Dany, and Saksi Sbong. It has become one of the more enduring creations from the nation's pre-communist era and copies are still sold...

  • Tep Vong
    Tep Vong
    Tep Vong is a Cambodian Buddhist monk, currently the Great Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia. He was the youngest of seven senior monks re-ordained under Vietnamese supervision in 1979 in order to provide a core leadership group for the re-establishment of the Cambodian sangha, which had been nearly...

  • Terrace of the Elephants
    Terrace of the Elephants
    thumb|200px|right|Terrace of the Elephants, Angkor, CambodiaThe Terrace of the Elephants is part of the walled city of Angkor Thom, a ruined temple complex in Cambodia. The terrace was used by Angkor's king Jayavarman VII as a platform from which to view his victorious returning army. It was...

  • Terrace of the Leper King
    Terrace of the Leper King
    The Terrace of the Leper King is located in the northwest corner of the Royal Square of Angkor Thom, Cambodia. It was built in the Bayon style under Jayavarman VII, though its modern name derives from a 15th century sculpture discovered at the site. The statue depicts the Hindu god Yama, the...

  • Thavory meas bong
    Thavory meas bong
    Thavory Meas Bong is a Cambodian melodramatic film of the late 1960s directed by Uon Kon Thuok of Korng Chak Pheap Yun. The film stars Kong Som Oeurn, Saom Vansodany, Vichara Dany and So Hean.-Soundtrack:-References:* *...

  • The Burnt Theatre
    The Burnt Theatre
    The Burnt Theatre, or Les Artistes du Théâtre Brûlé, is a 2005 French-Cambodian docudrama directed and co-written by Rithy Panh. A blend of fact and fiction, based on the actual lives of the actors, the film depicts a troupe of actors and dancers struggling to practise their art in the burned-out...

     French-Cambodian docudrama directed and co-written by Rithy Panh.
  • The Cambodia Daily
    The Cambodia Daily
    The Cambodia Daily is Cambodia's first English-language daily newspaper. It was started in 1993 by Bernard Krisher, an American journalist. Krisher hired two young and relatively inexperienced journalists, Barton Biggs and Robin McDowell, as the paper's first editors. The first issue was published...

  • The Cambodia Project
    The Cambodia Project
    The Cambodia Project is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to develop secondary education opportunities for underserved children in rural Cambodia. The Cambodia Project, Inc...

  • The Killing Fields
    The Killing Fields
    The Killing Fields are a number of sites in Cambodia where large numbers of people were killed and buried by the Khmer Rouge regime, during its rule of the country from 1975 to 1979, immediately after the end of the Cambodian Civil War ....

  • The Killing Fields (film)
    The Killing Fields (film)
    The Killing Fields is a 1984 British drama film about the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia, which is based on the experiences of two journalists: Cambodian Dith Pran and American Sydney Schanberg. The film, which won three Academy Awards, was directed by Roland Joffé and stars Sam Waterston as...

  • The Last Days of Colonel Savath
    The Last Days of Colonel Savath
    The Last Days of Colonel Savath is a 1995 Cambodian short film drama directed by Norodom Sihanouk....

     Film by Norodom Sihanouk
  • The People of Angkor
    The People of Angkor
    The People of Angkor, or Les Gens d'Angkor, is a 2003 French-Cambodian documentary film directed by Rithy Panh. It was exhibited at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in 2005....

  • The Snake King's Child
    The Snake King's Child
    The Snake King's Child is a 2001 Cambodian-Thai horror film, based on a Cambodian myth about the half-human daughter of a snake god. It is the first full-length feature film to be produced in Cambodia since before the Khmer Rouge era...

     2001 Cambodian-Thai horror film.
  • Theravada Buddhism
  • Thneap
    Thneap
    The Thneap is a unit of length, used during 18th – 20th century in Cambodia.. It is equal to  cham am,  cm or about 20.0833 mm....

  • Thommanon
    Thommanon
    Thommanon is one of a pair of Hindu temples built during the reign of Suryavarman II at Angkor, Cambodia. This small and elegant temple is located east of the Gate of Victory of Angkor Thom and north of Chau Say Tevoda. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site, inscribed by UNESCO in 1992...

  • Thpong (district)
  • Thongvan Fanmuong
    Thongvan Fanmuong
    Thongvan Fanmuong was a Cambodian general. He was a graduate of Ecole d'Etat Major and Ecole de Guerre, both in France. He fought the Red Khmer until they took Phnom Penh. He was the last general that remained in office....

  • Tim Page (photographer)
  • Timeline of Cambodian history
    Timeline of Cambodian history
    This is a timeline of Cambodian history. See also History of Cambodia and the list of Cambodian rulers.-9th century:-10th century:-11th century:-12th century:-13th century:-14th century:-15th century:-16th century:-17th century:...

  • Tonle Bati
    Tonle Bati
    Tonle Bati is a small lake about 30 km south of Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. It is a popular weekend destination for the local population. It is also a popular fishing spot for both tourists and people who live locally....

  • Tonlé Sap
    Tonlé Sap
    The Tonlé Sap is a combined lake and river system of major importance to Cambodia.The Tonlé Sap is the largest freshwater lake in South East Asia and is an ecological hot spot that was designated as a UNESCO biosphere in 1997....

  • Toul Kork
    Toul Kork
    Toul Kork is a district in Phnom Penh Municipality. It is subdivided into 10 Sangkats and 143 Kroms. The district has an area of 7.99 km². According to the 1998 census of Cambodia, it had a population of 154,968....

  • Tramung Chrum
    Tramung Chrum
    Tramung Chrum is a village in Cambodia in Kampong Chhnang Province. It has a population of about 500, located about 60 km. from the capital of Phnom Penh. The population consists of Muslim Chams, one of Cambodia's ethnic minorities, and has therefore been largely ignored by the central...

  • Transport in Cambodia
    Transport in Cambodia
    War and continuing fighting severely damaged Cambodia's transportation system — a system that had been inadequately developed in peacetime. The country's weak infrastructure hindered emergency relief efforts and created tremendous problems of procurement of supplies in general and of...

  • Tro (instrument)
    Tro (instrument)
    Tro is the generic name for traditional bowed string instruments in Cambodia.Instruments in this family include the two-stringed tro u, tro sau toch, tro sau thom, and tro che, as well as the three-stringed tro Khmer spike fiddle....

  • Tro Khmer
    Tro Khmer
    The tro Khmer is a traditional bowed string instrument from Cambodia. Its body is made from a special type of coconut covered on one end with animal skin, and it has three silk strings....

  • Tro sau toch
    Tro sau toch
    The tro sau toch is a Cambodian instrument used in Khmer classical music. It is a two-string verticlal fiddle with a hardwood body. The word toch means "small."-External links:*-See also:*Tro *Tro u...

  • Tro sau thom
    Tro sau thom
    The tro sau thom is a bowed stringed instrument from Cambodia. It is made from black wood but more basic materials were used, such as a hollow bamboo and a tortoise shell. It is used in Cambodian classical music.-External links:*...

  • Tro u
    Tro u
    The tro u is a traditional instrument from Cambodia. It is a low-pitched, two-stringed vertical fiddle with a coconut shell body that has one end covered with animal skin...

  • Tung Krahom
    Tung Krahom
    Tung Krahom was a Cambodian journal, organ of the Communist Youth League of Kampuchea. It was founded by Saloth Sar , when he returned to Cambodia in 1966....

  • Tung Padevat
    Tung Padevat
    Tung Padevat was a Khmer-language journal in Cambodia. Tung Padevat was one of the theoretical organs of the Communist Party of Kampuchea. The first issue was published in January 1975. It was published monthly at least until September 1978...

  • Tum Teav
    Tum Teav
    Tum Teav is a classic tragic love story of the Literature of Cambodia that has been told throughout the country since at least the middle of the 19th century....

     the classic Cambodian love story.
  • Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
    Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
    The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is a museum in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. The site is a former high school which was used as the notorious Security Prison 21 by the Khmer Rouge communist regime from its rise to power in 1975 to its fall in 1979...


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  • Udayadityavarman II
    Udayadityavarman II
    Udayadityavarman II ruled the Angkor Kingdom from 1050 to 1066 A.D. He was the successor of Suryavarman I but not his son; he descended from Yasovarman I's spouse. He built the Baphuon Temple to honor the god Shiva, but some of the sculptures are dedicated to Buddha...

  • Ung Huot
    Ung Huot
    Ung Huot is a Cambodian political figure.Ung moved to Australia in the early 1970s, as Cambodia's civil war was beginning. He settled in Melbourne and proclaimed himself a leader of the Cambodian expatriate committee in that city. He moved back to Cambodia in the early 1990s as the communist...

  • United Nations Border Relief Operation
  • United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
    United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
    The United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia was a United Nations peacekeeping operation in Cambodia in 1992–93. It was also the first occasion on which the UN had taken over the administration of an independent state, organized and run an election , had its own radio station and jail,...


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  • Vandy Kaonn
    Vandy Kaonn
    Vandy Kaonn is a Khmer history analyst and author of various books of philosophy, sociology, politics and history in Khmer and French. Kaonn studied sociology a the Sorbonne and graduated in 1970. He is now well known to most Cambodian people from the Khmer History programme on RFI .-References:...

  • Vann Nath
    Vann Nath
    Vann Nath was a Cambodian painter, artist, writer and human rights activist who was one of a diverse group of writers from 22 countries to receive the prestigious Lillian Hellman/Hammett Award which recognizes courage in the face of political persecution which he faced during the Khmer Rouge...

     Cambodian Painter
  • Vann Molyvann
    Vann Molyvann
    Vann Molyvann is a Cambodian architect. During the Sangkum Reastr Niyum regime Prince Norodom Sihanouk enacted a development policy encompassing the whole kingdom with the construction of new towns, infrastructure and architecture...

  • Vann Vannak
    Vann Vannak
    Vann Vannak was a popular actor in Cambodia during the late 1960s until 1975. Despite his talents, producers usually favored casting his rivals Kong Som Oeurn or Chea Yuthorn in their movies. Due to their lack of support, Vann Vannak starred in considerably fewer films when compared to his rivals...

  • Variin District
    Variin District
    Variin District is a district located in Siem Reap Province, in north-west Cambodia. According to the 1998 census of Cambodia, it had a population of 19,818.- References :...

  • Vattanac Bank
    Vattanac Bank
    Vattanac Bank is a retail and commercial bank of Cambodia. It was founded in 2002 and is based in Phnom Penh. Branch offices are located in Phnom Penh and Siem Reap....

  • Veal Veang District
    Veal Veang District
    Veal Veang , is a district in Pursat Province, Cambodia. The district capital is Pramoey town located 109 kilometres by road from National Highway Number 5.-Characteristics:...

  • Veun Sai (commune)
    Veun Sai (commune)
    Veun Sai is a commune in Veun Sai District in northeast Cambodia. It contains six villages and has a population of 2443. In the 2007 commune council elections, four seats went to members of the Cambodian People's Party and one seat went to a member of Funcinpec. Land alienation is a problem of...

  • Veun Sai District
    Veun Sai District
    Veun Sai District is a district located in Ratanakiri Province, in north-east Cambodia. The town of Veun Sai is located in the district. It is approximately 38km north by road of Banlung and is located on the Tonlé San River. The headquarters of Virachey National Park are located in the village...

  • Vichara Dany
    Vichara Dany
    Vichara Dany was a widely popular actress in Cambodia who most likely made her debut in 1967. She starred in a majority of films which include Thavory Meas Bong, Tep Sodachan, and Sovann Pancha during the nation's golden age of cinema. She is often paired on screen with fellow actor Kong...

  • Vihear
  • Villa Horror
    Villa Horror
    Villa Horror is a 2006 Khmer horror film, produced by Campro production.- Plot :A Ghost of a man possessed the old villa seeking revenge from the family of a man who had stolen this villa for decades. He started his revenge by killing the builder, the family's relative and everyone who wanted this...


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  • Wat Bakan
    Wat Bakan
    Wat Bakan or Bakan Pagoda is a pagoda in Bakan District of Pursat Province in Cambodia. It is one of the oldest active pagodas in the country....

    , an ancient pagoda in Bakan district, Pursat province
  • Wat Phnom
    Wat Phnom
    Wat Phnom is a Buddhist temple located in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It was built in 1373, and stands 27 metres above the ground. It is the tallest religious structure in the city.-History:...

  • Wat Preah Yesu
    Wat Preah Yesu
    Wat Preah Yesu, វាត្តព្រះយីស៊ូ is a children's orphanage, school and church located outside the town of Siem Reap in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia. As of 2007 it cares for around 134 children. Many of the children have been orphaned by HIV/AIDS, and some of them suffer from the disease themselves...

  • Water festival
    Water festival
    The Water Festival is the New Year's celebrations that take place in Southeast Asian countries such as Burma, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand as well as Yunnan, China. It is called the 'Water Festival' by Westerners because people pour water at one another as part of the cleansing ritual to welcome...

  • West Baray
    West Baray
    The West Baray is a baray, or reservoir, at Angkor, Cambodia, oriented east-west and located just west of the walled city Angkor Thom. Rectangular in shape and measuring approximately 8 by 2.1 kilometers, the West Baray is the largest baray at Angkor. Its waters are contained by tall earthen dikes...

  • West Mebon
    West Mebon
    The West Mebon is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, located in the center of the West Baray, the largest reservoir of the Angkor area. The temple's date of construction is not known, but evidence suggests the 11th Century during the reign of King Suryavarman I or Udayadityavarman II.-Location:In the...

  • Weapons of the Cambodian Civil War
    Weapons of the Cambodian Civil War
    The Cambodian Civil War was a conflict that pitted the forces of the Communist Party of Kampuchea against the Khmer Republic led by the Lon Nol government.-Pistols:*Smith & Wesson Model 39*Colt.45 M1911*FN GP35...

  • Wildlife of Cambodia
    Wildlife of Cambodia
    Wildlife of Cambodia is home to a diverse array of wildlife. There are 212 mammal species, 536 bird species, 240 reptile species, 850 freshwater fish species , and 435 marine fish species....

  • Wildlife of Ratanakiri
    Wildlife of Ratanakiri
    Ratanakiri Province in northeastern Cambodia is home to many species of animals. One 1996 survey of an area to the northwest of Lomphat Wildlife Sanctuary recorded 44 mammals, 76 birds, and 9 reptile species...

  • William Shawcross
    William Shawcross
    William Hartley Hume Shawcross, CVO is a British writer and commentator.-Career:Shawcross was educated at St. Aubyns Preparatory School, Rottingdean, Eton College and University College, Oxford. He attended St. Martin's Art School to study sculpture after leaving Oxford. He worked as a journalist...


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  • Yak Loum
    Yak Loum
    Yak Loum is a lake and a popular tourist destination in the Ratanakiri province of northeastern Cambodia. Located approximately 3 miles from the provincial capital, Banlung, the beautiful lake occupies a 4,000-year-old volcanic crater. Due to the lake’s tremendous depth , its water is...

  • Yantra tattooing
  • Yasodharapura
    Yasodharapura
    Yaśodharapura was the first capital of the Khmer empire to be built at the Angkor site. The city was built during the reign of King Yasovarman I after the palace in the previous capital at Roluos was burned during his struggle to consolidate power upon the death of the previous king, his...

  • Yasovarman
    Yasovarman
    Yasovarman I was an Angkorian king who reigned in 889–910 CE.-Early years:After the death of Indravarman I, a succession war was fought by his two sons. It's believed that the war was fought on land and on sea by the Tonle Sap. In the end Yasovarman I prevailed. Because of his father had sought...

  • Yat Hwaidi
    Yat Hwaidi
    Yat Hwaidi was a Khmer politician, born in Surin province, Thailand. During the Second World War, he was the local education supervisor of the Thai administration in Siem Reap. He also represented the Phibun Songkran province in the parliament of Thailand. After the war, he joined the Khmer...

  • Year Zero (political notion)
    Year Zero (political notion)
    The term Year Zero, applied to the takeover of Cambodia in 1975 by Pol Pot, is an analogy to the Year One of the French Revolutionary Calendar. During the French Revolution, after the abolition of the French monarchy , the National Convention instituted a new calendar and declared the beginning of...

  • Yem Sambaur
    Yem Sambaur
    Yem Sambaur was a Cambodian politician, and prime minister from 1949-50.Yem Sambaur was once a commissioner of the police and a member of the Cambodian Democratic Party, from which he defected along with 11 other deputies in November, 1948...

  • Yike
    Yike
    Yike is a genre of dance drama from Cambodia with strong Cham and Malay influences. Yike is performed in nearly every province of Cambodia and by the Khmer Krom communities in southern Vietnam. The Khmer Krom have two terms for it, the yike as the rest of Khmer communities, and the yuke which is...

  • Yos Por
    Yos Por
    Yos Por, a Cambodian communist politician.In 1963 Por was one of 40 Hanoi-based Khmers who travelled to China for a 4-year political training course. In the midst of the Cultural Revolution, Por chose to leave China in 1967....

  • Yos Son
    Yos Son
    Yos Son is a Cambodian politician. He belongs to the Cambodian People's Party and was elected to represent Kampong Cham in the National Assembly of Cambodia in 2003.-References:...

  • You Hokry
    You Hokry
    You Hokry is a Cambodian politician. He belongs to the Funcinpec party and was elected to represent Kampong Cham in the National Assembly of Cambodia in 2003.-References:...

  • Yun Yat
    Yun Yat
    Yun Yat, alias Comrade At, was the wife of Son Sen, defence minister of Democratic Kampuchea. On October 9, 1975, the Standing Committee of Communist Party of Kampuchea placed her in charge of information and education inside and outside of the country...

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