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The name Bassac comes from the Khmer prefix pa ("father" or "male") added to sak (សក្តិ) ("power, honor"), [1] a Khmer word borrowed from the Sanskrit sakti (शक्ति). The Bassac River is an important transportation corridor between Cambodia and Vietnam, with barges and other craft plying the waters.
S-21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine is a 2003 film by Rithy Panh, a Cambodian-born, French-trained filmmaker who lost his family when he was 11. The film features two Tuol Sleng survivors, Vann Nath and Chum Mey , confronting their former Khmer Rouge captors, including guards, interrogators, a doctor and a photographer.
Cambodia, as a state State of Cambodia (1989–1993) (SOC), the name adopted by the pro-Hanoi People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) during its transitional times until the restoration of the monarchy Semi-official name of Cambodia between the 18 March 1970 coup and the proclamation of the Khmer Republic on October 9, the same year
The temple is situated on a 3.5-hectare (8.6-acre) block of land that is marked by a large number of high and shady trees. The temple was first built in 1533, when the area was under the control of the Khmer Empire, before the area was taken over by Vietnamese settlers in the 17th and 18th centuries.
As a vast majority of ethnic Chinese emigrated from Cambodia following the Khmer Rouge, the community has assimilated greatly into Cambodian society and many now speak Khmer as their main language. As the largest group of Chinese Cambodians, Teochew is the most commonly native spoken Chinese variety.
Cambodian officials estimate up to 100,000 people could be involved in the industry, but have denied that it involves widespread human trafficking.
The K5 Plan (Khmer: ផែនការក៥), K5 Belt or K5 Project, also known as the Bamboo Curtain, [1] was an attempt between 1985 and 1989 by the government of the People's Republic of Kampuchea to seal Khmer Rouge guerrilla infiltration routes into Cambodia by means of trenches, wire fences, and minefields along virtually the entire Cambodia–Thailand border.
Their distribution is as follows: Sóc Trăng (362,029 people, constituting 30.18% of the province's population and 27.43% of all Khmer in Vietnam), Trà Vinh (318,231 people, constituting 31.53% of the province's population and 24.11% of all Khmer in Vietnam), Kiên Giang (211,282 people, constituting 12.26% of the province's population and 16 ...