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12 unusual facts about Cambodia


Cambodia, Pol Pot, and the United States

Cambodia, Pol Pot, and the United States: The Faustian Pact is a 1991 book by Michael Haas, professor of political science at the University of Hawaii.

Cambodia: A Book for People Who Find Television Too Slow

In his essays, Fawcett makes frequent references both to the short Joseph Conrad novel Heart of Darkness, and to the movie Apocalypse Now.

Chuop Hell

Chuop Hell (1909-cca 1975) was a Cambodian statesman.

Morodok Techo National Sports Complex

The Morodok Techo National Sports Complex is an approved but unbuilt Olympic-style facility in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Ordre du Mérite Indochinois

This award had no status as an official French colonial award but was a local only award for the population of Laos, Cambodia, Tonkin, Cochin China, and Annam.

Shukaku Inc.

Despite a land law in 2001 passed by the Royal Government of Cambodia recognising land titles if proof of residence for five continuous years can be shown, residents of Boeung Kak were denied land titles.

State of Cambodia

State of Cambodia (SOC), the official name of the Cambodian pro-Hanoi People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) state during its transitional times until the restoration of the monarchy (1989–1993)

Sung

Sung, Cambodia, commune in Samlout District, Battambang Province

The Incredible Burt Wonderstone

Burt reconnects with Anton, who has been distributing magic sets in Cambodia.

A drug found in Cambodia that puts users into a deep sleep gives them an idea for a sensational trick.

Thongvan Fanmuong

Thongvan Fanmuong was a Cambodian general.

Tuol Kork

Tuol Kork is a district (Khan) in the city of Phnom Penh, Cambodia.


374th Airlift Wing

During the recovery of the SS Mayaguez from the Cambodians in May 1975, a wing aircraft dropped a 15,000-lb bomb on Koh Tang Island to create a helicopter landing area.

A. edulis

Aglaia edulis, a plant species found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia and Malaysia

American Assistance for Cambodia

American Assistance for Cambodia is a non-profit organization founded in 1993, by Bernard Krisher aimed at giving hope to the Cambodian people following the extermination of 2 million Cambodians during the Khmer Rouge genocide.

Aranya Namwong

She also enjoyed popularity in Cambodia after her joint role in The Snake King's Wife Part 2, a prequel of the Cambodian blockbuster and award winning film, The Snake King's Wife starring the famous Khmer actress and former Miss Cambodia, Dy Saveth.

Asia Security Conference

18 countries represented at the ministerial-level: Korea, Australia, Cambodia, Canada, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, the United Kingdom and the United States.

CCHR

Cambodian Center for Human Rights, a non-government organization based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

CIA activities in Cambodia

Senator Clifford P. Case sponsors a law effective December 1972 cutting off funds for CIA and private military company operations in Cambodia.

Coconut water

The Documentation Center of Cambodia has cited the practice of allowing untrained nurses to administer coconut water infusions in its list of medical practices for which the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity.

Da Lat–Thap Cham Railway

Doumer's original plans called for several more branch lines to connect different parts of Indochina, including a link from Quy Nhơn to Kon Tum in the Central Highlands, along with branch lines leading from the Chinese province of Guangxi to Savannakhet in Laos, and from Saigon to Phnom Penh in Cambodia.

Đồng Tháp Province

Đồng Tháp is 165 km away from Ho Chi Minh City, bordered by Pray Veng Province (Cambodia) in the north with a length of more than 48 km; Vĩnh Long and Cần Thơ in the south; An Giang in the west; and Long An and Tiền Giang in the east.

Early history of Cambodia

According to legend Cambodia was founded through the marriage of an Indian Brahman named Kaundinya to a Naga princess whose father ruled the sunken lands of Kambuja.

FOSSAP

The first event was held in March 2004 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, while the second event was held in September 2005 in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

GANEFO

Consequently, only 17 Asian countries participated in the second tournament in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in November 25-December 6, 1966 which was named '1st Asian GANEFO'.

Gareth Porter

This book, Cambodia: Starvation and Revolution, was criticized by author William Shawcross for using Khmer Rouge sources in their research.

Heart Talk

Heart Talk (Khmer:ទំនួញបេះដូង ) is a 2008 Khmer horror film, a second film produced by Khmer Mekong Films after the successful of 2007's romantic comedy Staying Single When and a television series, the Taste of Life.

Kenneth Bowra

Bowra was posted back to Cambodia in 1974 with the Military Equipment Delivery Team Cambodia and remained in the country until the April 1975 collapse of the Khmer Republic.

Lon Non

Despite a period in America as the Republic's "Ambassador-At-Large", General Lon Non returned to Cambodia during 1974 and resumed his political activities: John Gunther Dean, the US ambassador, soon complained about Non's "frantic maneuvering", and appealed for US government assistance in controlling him.

Manulife Financial

In June 2012, the company opened Manulife Cambodia, with headquarters in Phnom Penh.

McElhanney

In 2012 McElhanney's branch office in Jakarta, Indonesia acquired LiDAR and digital aerial photography for archaeologists working in the Angkor region of Cambodia studying the history of the Khmer Empire.

Pearic languages

The Pearic languages are a group of endangered languages of the Eastern Mon–Khmer branch of the Austroasiatic language family, spoken by Pear people (the Por, the Samré, the Samray, the Suoy, and the Chong) living in western Cambodia and southeastern Thailand.

Penang betta

It is native to and common in swiftly flowing forest streams of the Malay Peninsula, Cambodia, Thailand, Borneo, and Sumatra, having originally been described from a population in Penang state in Malaysia.

Peter Greer

Upon graduation, Greer spent two years in the business sector before World Relief hired him to work as a microfinance adviser in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Centre

Rescued animals that are deemed suitable for release into the wild are relocated to a Wildlife Rehabilitation Station (WRS) created by Wildlife Alliance in Koh Kong Province, Cambodia.

Pondok Pesantren Minhaajurrosyidiin Jakarta

Santriwan-santriwati from all over Indonesia and from abroad, from Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Suriname and Vietnam.

Pradal serey

Some of the best Pradal Serey champions come from the Battambang Province although a number of big name stars have come via Southern Cambodia such as Eh Phoutong from Koh Kong Province, Thun Sophea from Svay Rieng Province and Meas Chantha and Seng Makara from Kandal Province.

Prasat Kuh Nokor

Prasat Kuh Nokor is a Buddhist temple in the village of Trodoc Poung, Pong Ror commune, in Baray District, in Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia.

Pring

Boeng Pring, a khum (commune) of Thma Koul District in Battambang Province in north-western Cambodia

Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting

1976: Sydney H. Schanberg, New York Times, "for his coverage of the Communist takeover in Cambodia, carried out at great risk when he elected to stay at his post after the fall of Phnom Penh."

Qui Nhơn

It has traditionally been relying on access to wood from Binh Dinh's forests as well as the Central Highlands provinces of Gia Lai and Kon Tum and even as far as Cambodia's Ratanakiri and Laos' Attapeu Province.

Quy Nhơn Port

Quy Nhơn Port is the most accessible major port not only for Bình Định Province, but also for the Central Highlands provinces of Gia Lai and Kon Tum and even parts of Laos and Cambodia such as Attapeu Province and Ratanakiri Province.

Raymond Schlemmer

In late 1937, French Scouting sent Scoutmaster Schlemmer to the Cambodian, Laotian, and Vietnamese areas of Indochina to oversee the setting up of the Fédération Indochinoise des Associations du Scoutisme (FIAS, Indochinese Federation of Scouting Associations) in all three regions.

Religion in Cambodia

The first known Christian mission in Cambodia was undertaken by Gaspar da Cruz, a Portuguese member of the Dominican Order, in 1555-1556.

Rice production in Thailand

Noppadon Pattama, the foreign minister of Thailand, wants to call the forum the Council on Rice Trade Cooperation and was planning, as of May 2008, to invite; China, India, Pakistan, Cambodia, Burma, and Vietnam.

Sala, Cambodia

Sala (also transliterated Srala) is a village in Kak Commune in northeast Cambodia.

Sisowath Monipong

He began his studies in Cambodia, before being sent to France, in Grasse then in Nice, from 1927, under the control of the Governor of Indochina, François Marius Baudoin.

Small Voices: The Stories of Cambodia's Children

After Saigonell, the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia and killed 1.7 Million people in a former high school also known as S21 that also included rape, torture and a living hell.

Susan Hadden

On January 15, 1995, she was killed by bandits while on her way to visit the temple complex at Banteay Srei in Cambodia with her husband.

Teng Bunma

A 1996 article ("Medellin on the Mekong") in the Hong Kong-based Far Eastern Economic Review, by United States journalist Nate Thayer, described Teng Bunma as a significant figure in Cambodia's international drug-smuggling trade.

The Burnt Theatre

A blend of fact and fiction, based on the actual lives of the actors, the film depicts a troupe of actors and dancers struggling to practise their art in the burned-out shell of Cambodia's former national theatre, the Preah Suramarit National Theatre in Phnom Penh.

Thun Sophea

In 2011, Thun was the highest paid athlete (along with Chhunly Pagenburg) from Cambodia making $30,000 (USD).

Wildlife Alliance

CNN's Anderson Cooper 360° series, Planet in Peril, features Wildlife Alliance programs in Thailand and Cambodia, including Care for Rescued Wildlife, Bokor National Park, and efforts to stop the illegal wildlife trade in Asia.

World Vision Australia

Money raised in the 40 Hour Famine in 2002 has helped people in countries such as India, Cambodia and Afghanistan.

Xavier Dupré

Dupré lived in Cambodia from 2001 to 2004 where he designed Latin typefaces (i.e. fonts used for western European languages) as well as Khmer typefaces.

Zhou Daguan

The ship resumed its trip passed the province of Zhenpu (Baria in present day South Vietnam), through Poulo Condor Sea, then heading north on the Mekong River into Tonle Sap River reaching the town of Kampong Chhnang of Cambodia; from there he boarded a small boat, sailing for a dozen days, through Tonle Sap Lake arriving at Angkor Thom, the capital of Cambodia in August.