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Khmer Republic - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_RepublicWebOn 9 October Sihanouk was condemned to death in absentia by a military court; his mother, Queen Kossamak – the symbolic representative of the monarchy under Sihanouk's regime – was placed under house arrest, and his wife Monique was sentenced to life imprisonment. The new regime simultaneously declared the Khmer Republic, and a new constitution …
Khmer Empire - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_EmpireWebAccording to Sdok Kok Thom inscription,: 97 : 353–354 circa 781 Indrapura was the first capital of Jayavarman II, located in Banteay Prey Nokor, near today's Kampong Cham. After he eventually returned to his home, the former kingdom of Chenla, he quickly built up his influence, conquered a series of competing kings, and in 790 became king of a kingdom …
State atheism - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_atheismWebThe German Democratic Republic (GDR) generated antireligous regulations and promoted atheism for decades which impacted the growth of citizens affiliating with no religion from 7.6% in 1950 to 60% in 1986. It was in the 1950s that scientific atheism became official state policy when Soviet authorities were setting up a communist government
People's Republic of Kampuchea - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People's_Republic_of_KampucheaWebThe People's Republic of Kampuchea (PRK) was a partially recognised state in Southeast Asia supported by Vietnam which existed from 1979 to 1989. It was founded in Cambodia by the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation, a group of Cambodian communists who were dissatisfied with the Khmer Rouge due to its oppressive rule of Cambodia and …
Mekong Delta - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mekong_DeltaWebTogether with Southeast (Vietnam), the region was known as Kampuchea Krom (Lower Cambodia) to the Khmer Empire, which likely maintained settlements there centuries before its rise in the 11th and 12th centuries. The kingdom of Champa, though mainly based along the coast of modern Central Vietnam, is known to have expanded west into the Mekong …
Khmer people - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_peopleWebThe majority of the world's Khmers live in Cambodia, the population of which is over 90% Khmers. Thailand and Vietnam. There are also significant Khmer populations native to Thailand and Vietnam.In Thailand, there are over one million Khmers (known as the Khmer Surin), mainly in Surin (Sorin), Buriram (Borei Rom) and Sisaket (Srei Saket) provinces.. …
Jacques Vergès - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_VergèsWebJacques Vergès (5 March 1925 – 15 August 2013) was a Siamese-born French lawyer and anti-colonial activist. Vergès began as a fighter in the French Resistance during World War II, under Charles de Gaulle's Free French forces. After becoming a lawyer, he became well known for his defense of FLN militants during the Algerian War of Independence.He was …
Khmer language - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_languageWebKhmer is spoken by some 13 million people in Cambodia, where it is the official language.It is also a second language for most of the minority groups and indigenous hill tribes there. Additionally there are a million speakers of Khmer native to southern Vietnam (1999 census) and 1.4 million in northeast Thailand (2006).. Khmer dialects, although mutually …
Khmer Krom - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_KromWebThe Khmer Krom identify ethnically with the Khmer people who constitute a distinct people at least since the late eighth century and the foundation of the Khmer Empire by Jayavarman II in 802 C.E. They retain deep linguistic, religious, customary and cultural links to Cambodia proper. The Mekong Delta region constituted for more than 800 years an …
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