They had nothing but infantry units. Their “artillery” consisted essentially of light cannon-and rockets-launchers! As for what (small) rockets they had, there were no launching pads for them. The Khmer Rouge improvised some out of bamboo for their 1973-1975 bombing of Phnom Penh, and they did not hit one of their military objectives. Instead, residential neighbourhoods of no military interest bombed, marked and schools were destroyed, children and innocents adults were killed or hideously …
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum is a museum in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It is a former high school which was used as a prison and interrogation centre by the communist Khmer Rouge regime from its rise to power in 1975 to its fall in 1979. It was also known as S-21. Tuol Sleng is a Khmer name meaning “hill of the poisonous trees.” – Wikipedia
Phrea Ko Temple was built in 879 by King Indravarman I. The temple is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has had a team of repair specialists working on it for over 10 years. It is very quiet and serene there, as it is remote and not many tourists visit the site. The pillars are covered in ancient writings in Sanskrit, telling about the lives of the ancestors and the workings of the time. Definitely worth the visit. The Roluos Group is gorgeous. Enjoy!
The war against malaria — the parasitic illness transmitted by mosquitos that kills more than one million people each year — remains a huge global health problem. One of the biggest challenges in fighting malaria is drug resistance. In Cambodia, health officials are seeing new evidence of resistance as they try to treat the most deadly kind of malaria. The concern is that this deadly strain will spread to Africa with devastating results, as Gary Strieker reports, in association with the …
Ta Keo is a gorgeous temple ruins near Angkor Thom, outside of Siem Reap, Cambodia. It stands alone in the jungle, and the original plans for a large complex were never completed. This temple was built by King Jayavarman V and dedication to the Hindu God, Shiva. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Enjoy!