Just because Cambodia has found peace, it doesn't mean it is peaceful. Just because the war is over, it doesn't mean there's no longer death. As thousands of Cambodians move to repopulate their former lands, their land is literally killing them.
From 1975-1999, the nation once known as Kampuchea was engaged in one of the most brutal episodes of warfare experienced in modern times. It was relentlessly bombed by US forces, taken hostage by a genocidal madman by the name of Pol Pot, and caught in the middle of a divisive struggle with Vietnamese forces and rogue Khmer Rouge leaders that lasted the better part of 25 years. Read the full article and see more photos here.
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