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2 unusual facts about Khmer People's National Liberation Armed Forces


Khmer People's National Liberation Armed Forces

The Chinese-made AK-47 was the weapon of choice, supplied by the People's Republic of China or captured in combat but also occasionally bought or traded from KPRAF troops.

The ChiCom Type 56 assault rifle with a folding stock came into common use in the early 1980s.


Chhunly Pagenburg

Chhunly Pagenburg (born 10 November 1986) is a German football striker of Cambodian descent who currently plays for FSV Frankfurt.

Dance and theatre of Laos

Various dance-drama troupes, mostly operating out of Louang Phrabang and Vientiane, continue to teach the old classical court dances and more Khmer-influenced dramas and folk dances, respectively.

Early history of Thailand

Later, Malay, Mon, and Khmer civilizations flourished in the region prior to the domination of the Thais, most notably the kingdom of Srivijaya in the south, the Dvaravati kingdom in central Thailand and the Khmer Empire based at Angkor.

Haplogroup O-M95

Patrilines within Haplogroup O-M95 predominate among the Austroasiatic-speaking populations of South and Southeast Asia, such as the Khmer of Cambodia and the Khasi of Meghalaya in northeastern India.

Haplogroup O-P31

One of these subclades, Haplogroup O-M95, is found among some (mostly tribal) populations of South and Southeast Asia, as well as among the Khmers of Cambodia and the Balinese of Indonesia.

Harry Ostrer

While working at the Khao I Dang Holding Center in Thailand in 1981, he recruited Thai and Khmer subjects into a study of the shared origin of the Hemoglobin E mutation.

Hu Nim

Hu Nim was born in 1932 (25 July 1932 according to some sources) in the village of Korkor, Kampong Siem District, Kampong Cham Province to a Sino-Khmer family.

Khmer people

The combination of the legendary founders of the kingdom of Kambuja, the Brahman Sage Kambu Swayambhuva and the naga princess Mera's names, is said to have given rise to the name Khmer.

Like the other early peoples of Southeast Asia such as the Pyu, Mon, Cham, Malay and Javanese, the Khmer were influenced by Indian and Sri Lankan traders and scholars, adopting their religions, sciences, and customs and borrowing from their languages.

Pear language

"Pear" is a pejorative term for the historical slave caste of the Khmer, but nonetheless is the usual term in the literature.

Phosop

Similar rice goddesses also can be found in other Asian countries such as Dewi Sri; a Javanese, Sundanese, and Balinese rice, agriculture and fertility goddess in Indonesia, and Khmer Po Ino Nogar; the rice goddess of Cambodia.

Semai people

A genetic study conducted in 1995 by a team of biologists from the National University of Singapore has shown a close relationship between the Semai and the Khmer of Cambodia.

Yat Hwaidi

Yat Hwaidi was a Khmer politician, born in Surin province, Thailand.


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