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The Khmer Serei (Khmer: ខ្មែរសេរី [kʰmae seːrəj]; "Free Khmer") were an anti-communist and anti- monarchist guerrilla force founded by Cambodian nationalist Son Ngoc Thanh. In 1959, he published 'The Manifesto of the Khmer Serei' claiming that Sihanouk was supporting the 'communization' of Kampuchea. [1] In the 1960s, the ...
Sdok Kok Thom (Thai: สด๊กก๊อกธม, Sadok Kok Thom, pronounced [sādók kɔ́k tʰōm]; Khmer: ស្តុកកក់ធំ, Sdŏk Kák Thum [sɗok kɑk tʰum]), or Sdok Kak Thom, is an 11th-century Angkorian temple in present-day Thailand, located about 34 kilometres (21 mi) northeast of the Thai border town of Aranyaprathet.
Plerng Prang Tian (Thai: เพลิงพรางเทียน, RTGS: Phloeng Phrang Thian, lit. 'the fire obscures the candle') is a 2019 Thai lakorn. The lakorn is based on a novel written by หัสวีร์. [2] It was directed by วรวิทย์ ศรีสุภาพ and produced by Good Feeling. It starred Pongsakorn ...
Kammathep Jum Laeng ( Thai: กามเทพจำแลง, RTGS : Kammathep Chamlaeng, lit. 'disguised cupid') is a Thai lakorn, the seventh drama in the series The Cupids, based on a novel series of the same name. [1] The novel is written by Praenut and the director is Saranyu Jiralaksanakul. It was aired every Friday–Sunday from June 18 ...
Kang Kek Iew, also spelled Kaing Guek Eav (Khmer: កាំង ហ្គេកអ៊ាវ [kaŋ geːk.ʔiəw]; 17 November 1942 – 2 September 2020), [1] alias Comrade Duch (Khmer: សមមិត្តឌុច [samamɨt ɗuc]) or Hang Pin, was a Cambodian convicted war criminal and leader in the Khmer Rouge movement, which ruled Democratic Kampuchea from 1975 to 1979.
The Ku Klux Klan (/ ˌ k uː k l ʌ k s ˈ k l æ n, ˌ k j uː-/), [e] commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is the name of several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups. Various historians, including Fergus Bordewich, have characterized the Klan as America's first terrorist ...
The Khmer classical dance was placed in 2003 on the UNESCO World Heritage List. [45] Cambodian culture has influenced Thai and Lao cultures and vice versa. Many Khmer loanwords are found in Thai and Lao, while many Lao and Thai loanwords are found in Khmer. The Thai and Lao alphabets are also derived from the Khmer script.
The Khmer Rouge or Party of Democratic Kampuchea (PDK), whose forces were never actually disarmed or demobilized, barred some people from participating in 1993 elections in the 10-15 percent of the country (holding six percent of the population) it then controlled. Altogether, over four million Cambodians (about 90% of eligible voters ...