Bangkok‚ Thailand. Its original charter counted five member-countries: Indonesia‚ Malaysia‚ the Philippines‚ Singapore‚ and Thailand. Since then‚ five other nations have joined: Brunei in 1984‚ Vietnam in 1995‚ Myanmar (Burma) and Laos in 1997‚ and Cambodia in 1999. The member-countries are sprawled over an area of 1.74 million square miles (4.5 million square kilometers) with a combined population of 500 million people. Their annual gross domestic product is almost $700 billion US Dollars (USD)‚ with
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the principle that the greater number should exercise greater power. The Khmer Rouge takeover in Cambodia is a good example of a majority rule government. During the Cambodian genocide‚ the Khmer Rouge and their notorious leader‚ Pol Pot‚ represented the majority after it defeated the Lol Non government. The question is how are they considered to be the majority when most of the population of Cambodia is against them? They used fear to make the people their followers and thus controlled both the country
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Good and Bad Things about Phnom Penh Phnom Penh is the capital city of Cambodia and has a nickname called “The Charming City”. The total area of the city is 678.46 km2 and the total population is 1‚501‚725. Eventhough this beautiful city is well-known in South East Asia‚ she also has good and bad thing that people should know. As I notice‚ the good thing about Phnom Penh is culture‚ nightlife‚ sightseeing‚ and people whereas the bad thing about Phnom Penh is traffic‚ food‚ and dirty. The first
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Never Fall Down Summary Arn Chorn-Pond‚ the protagonist of the novel‚ Never Fall Down‚ is a typical 11-year-old boy growing up in Battambang‚ a rice-harvesting village in western Cambodia. The residents of Battambang are vivacious‚ and the entire village is prospering. However‚ when the Khmer Rouge‚ a radical Communist regime‚ seize power in April of 1975‚ Arn’s unpretentious life changes dramatically. Suddenly‚ his once playful‚ carefree lifestyle is filled with tribulations and tragedies
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black eyes wandered across the room‚ as he scratched his beard looking as if he regretted agreeing to this interview. Holding a piece of yellow paper‚ for a guide to answering my questions‚ the interview began. My dad‚ Hong Kim‚ lived in Battambang‚ Cambodia with his mother‚ father‚ younger sister and older brother. There he had a happy childhood saying‚ “I had the freedom of doing whatever I wanted to do.” He still had to work‚
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warzone‚ but also affected the neighbouring countries of Cambodia and Laos. As a result of the war and estimated 1‚300‚000 civilians and soldiers were killed and almost 2 million civilians were forced to seek asylum elsewhere. During the war Vietnam was an extremely dangerous country to live in‚ hundreds of civilians died every day because of the conflict‚ causing many to flee to save their children and loved ones. As a result of the war‚ Cambodia was under the control of the Khmer Rouge. Many Cambodians
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Pol Pot- Dictator of Cambodia Pol Pot was a Prime Minister of Cambodia from 1976-1979. Pol pot or Saloth Sar‚ was born in 1925 in a small village north of the cambodian capital called Prek sbauv. His family owned 50 acres of rice. In 1934 Pol Pot moved to Phnom Penh‚ where he spent a year at a Buddhist monastery before attending a French Catholic primary school. His Cambodian education continued until 1949‚ when he went to Paris on a scholarship. While there‚ he studied radio technology and became
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until the mid 10th century AD that they managed to do so and restore Vietnamese independence but in all this time‚ their desire to hold on to their identity was reflected in their cuisine. The Vietnamese empire spread to Angkor‚ later to become Cambodia‚ and by the 15th Century‚ both Vietnam and Thailand‚ sized territories from the disintegrating Angkor state. By 1700‚ all of the Mekong River Delta was in Vietnamese hands and had spread to to the region which was controlled by an Indianised trading
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(purchasing power parity) per day. The Human Development Index (HDI) is a composite measure of achievements in three basic dimensions of human development—a long and healthy life‚ access to education and a decent standard of living. The HDI score for Cambodia in 2011 was estimated at 0.523. The country with an HDI rank of 1 (Norway) is considered the most developed; the country with an HDI rank of 187 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) is considered the least developed. Cambodia’s HDI rank was 139. The
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The French in Indochina Creation Before French colonization‚ Indochina was broken up into three independent‚ separate countries in Asia. They were known as the Khmer Empire (Cambodia)‚ the Laotian Kingdom (Laos)‚ and Vietnam. The Vietnamese were ruled by emperors from neighboring China for hundreds of years before the French took over. The emperors had nominal rule however. One of the old social facts of pre-Indochina included the emperors collecting revenue. But the taxes were
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