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Chum Mey giving evidence at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, 30 June 2009. In 2009, he gave evidence at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal, the trial of surviving leaders of the Khmer Rouge regime. At the trial, he stated that "I cry every night. Every time I hear people talk about the Khmer Rouge it reminds me of my wife and children". [3]
From 15th century onward, the story of Rama became an impetus in Khmer literature, mainly in the epic genre, whereby the lengthy poems were composed as recitatives for the masked drama called Khol. [2] Poems narrating the story or the fame of Rama, called Reamker or Ramakerti appeared in the middle period of Khmer History.
Sāstrā sleuk rith (Khmer: សាស្ត្រា ស្លឹក រឹត) or Khmer manuscripts written on palm leaves are sastra which constitute a major part of the literature of Cambodia along with the Khmer inscriptions kept since the foundation of the Khmer Empire in Southeast Asia.
John Story (or Storey) (1504 – 1 June 1571) was an English Roman Catholic martyr and Member of Parliament.Story escaped to Flanders in 1563, but seven years later he was lured aboard a boat in Antwerp and abducted to England, where he was imprisoned in the Tower of London, and subsequently executed at Tyburn on a charge of treason.
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The Poem of Angkor Wat is the story of a certain prince Ketumala, son in a previous existence to the god Indra, who cannot stay in the gods' realm because his human smell is unbearable to the devata. Out of compassion for his exiled son, Indra sends his personal architect, Preah Pisnukar (or Braḥ Bisṇukār, Vishvakarman ) to the earth to ...
In 1571, Mahathammarachathirat bestowed Naret with the title of Uparaja of Phitsanulok, changing his name into Naresuan. [3] [4] [4] [5] In 1581, Nanda Bayin succeeded his father Bayinnaung to the Burmese throne. Nanda Bayin became suspicious of Naresuan after the latter failed to make a timely arrival during the suppression of the Ava Revolt.
Old Khmer is the oldest attested stage of the Khmer language, an Austroasiatic language historically and presently spoken across Cambodia, Southern Vietnam, and parts of Thailand and Laos. It is recorded in inscriptions dating from the early 7th century until the first few decades of the 15th century. Such inscriptions, spanning nearly a ...