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Controlled by France
Cambodia becomes a controlled country of France; for 90 years. -
World War 2
Cambodia is occupied by Japan during World War II. -
Overthrown
Lon Nol is overthrown -
Genocide
On December 25, 1978, Vietnam launched a full-scale invasion of Cambodia -
Killing Fields
Cambodia where collectively more than a million people were killed and buried by the Khmer Rouge regime, during its rule of the country from 1975 to 1979, immediately after the end of the Cambodian Civil War -
Pol Pot
Pol Pot was a Cambodian Communist revolutionary who led the Khmer Rouge from 1963 until his death in 1998. -
Mekong Bridge
The first Mekong bridge is opened up. -
Norodom Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk was the King of Cambodia from 1941 to 1955 and was reelected from 1993 to 2004. -
Hun Sen
34th and current Prime Minister of Cambodia, President of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) -
More about the Genocide
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Norodom Sihamoni
He is the new king of Cambodia, his father was the last leader; which he died in 2004 just as Norodom Sihamoni was turing 14. -
Illegal Timber Exports
Cambodia is accused of smuggling timber to Vietnam. (http://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/cambodian-vietnam-wood/3849619.html)
