Plots & Conspiracies- Son Ngoc Thanh & The Khmer Serei II: 1957-60
This continues from PART ONE After the election victory of Sihanouk’s Sangkum in 1955, the new government soon facing suspicion
Read moreThis continues from PART ONE After the election victory of Sihanouk’s Sangkum in 1955, the new government soon facing suspicion
Read moreBy 1956, the nationalist, long-term rebel and sometime politician Son Ngoc Thanh had seen the fragmentation of the Issarak movement
Read moreSon Ngoc Thanh (Vietnamese: Sơn Ngọc Thành, Khmer: សឺង ង៉ុកថាញ់) (December 7, 1908* – August 8, 1977) was a Cambodian
Read moreThe following is a list of some of the leading figures of the Khmer Issarak movement on the left and
Read moreThis continues from PART ONE and PART TWO 1953 will be remembered as the year that Cambodia achieved independence after
Read moreThe following article follows from PART ONE. The piecing together of the rebel movements becomes a little complicated, as there
Read moreThe Khmer Rouge is by far the most recognized militant organization in Cambodian history- and rightly so considering the group’s
Read moreOn August 13, 1969, Lon Nol formed a government as prime minister which in March 1970 would vote to depose
Read moreBy 1942, with much of the motherland under Nazi occupation and the rest under the collaborating Vichy government rule, the
Read more*Continuing from PART I and PART II After King Sihanouk took control of government for the 3rd time (June 16 1952
Read moreThe term ‘Prime Minister’ is used loosely to refer to the parliamentary Head of State- as other terms are used
Read moreOn July 19, 1958, Beijing and Phnom Penh established formal diplomatic relations. Cambodia recognized the legitimacy of the People’s Republic
Read moreThe Buôn Ma Thuột Rebellion On September 20, 1964, American-trained Civil Irregular Defense Group (SID-GEE) troops based at Special Forces bases Buon
Read moreThis is Part 5 in a series looking at how the relationships between Cambodia -Vietnam-Thailand have shaped history. This latest
Read moreThis is part 4 of a history series exploring the relationship between Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. PART 1, PART 2,
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