Khmer Rouge Archives – Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­ /tag/khmer-rouge/ Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:06:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 41177183 Phnom Sampeou and Phnom Banan — Battambang’s Tale of Two Hills /battambang/battambang-phnom-sampeou-phnom-banan/ /battambang/battambang-phnom-sampeou-phnom-banan/#respond Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:04:39 +0000 /?p=911714 Battambang’s main tourist attraction doesn’t feel like it is resting during the pandemic. At least, the poor souls toiling away in front of Phnom Sampeou’s famous bat cave certainly ain’t resting. They’re busy chiseling a giant Buddha into the exposed … Continue reading →

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]]> /battambang/battambang-phnom-sampeou-phnom-banan/feed/ 0 911714 Battambang’s under-visited gems (including dinosaurs) /battambang/battambangs-undervisited-gems-including-dinosaurs/ /battambang/battambangs-undervisited-gems-including-dinosaurs/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2021 11:36:18 +0000 /?p=911335 Wondering why you should visit Battambang? Since the 11th century, Battambang has been an important city in what is now northwestern Cambodia. For at its founding, the power of the kings of Angkor extended much further to the north and … Continue reading →

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]]> /battambang/battambangs-undervisited-gems-including-dinosaurs/feed/ 1 911335 In the Shadows of Utopia: Lachlan Peters on his Cambodian history podcast /art-culture/in-the-shadows-of-utopia-cambodian-history-podcast/ /art-culture/in-the-shadows-of-utopia-cambodian-history-podcast/#comments Wed, 12 May 2021 21:46:47 +0000 /?p=910998 To call Lachlan Peters’ excellent In the Shadows of Utopia a Khmer Rouge podcast is really an understatement. Like the best history podcasts it is far-reaching, covering a good 3,500 years before the Khmer Rouge came to power, starting with … Continue reading →

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]]> /art-culture/in-the-shadows-of-utopia-cambodian-history-podcast/feed/ 4 910998 Visiting Cambodia’s Win-Win Memorial /phnom-penh/cambodias-win-win-memorial/ /phnom-penh/cambodias-win-win-memorial/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2020 02:52:10 +0000 /?p=909261 Twelve million dollars can buy a lot — yachts, islands, or the iconic Cambodian architect Van Molyvann’s former house, with $5 million left over to buy new curtains. It’s also how much it cost to build Cambodia’s Win-Win Memorial, the … Continue reading →

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]]> /phnom-penh/cambodias-win-win-memorial/feed/ 1 909261 A visit to Anlong Veng, the last Khmer Rouge stronghold /expat-life/a-visit-to-anlong-veng/ /expat-life/a-visit-to-anlong-veng/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2019 00:53:23 +0000 /?p=905060 The small town of Anlong Veng, along the Thai border, would not likely feature on many people’s Cambodia travel itineraries. But there are good reasons for the adventurous and the curious to make the 150-kilometer journey north from Siem Reap. … Continue reading →

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