Tuol Sleng S21 – A Story Of Torture
With waterboarding and other torture methods once again in the news this past week, and the 34th anniversary of the fall of Phnom Penh to the Khmer Rouge having just passed, it’s timely to take a look at Tuol Sleng, or S-21. In the months following the 1975 Khmer Rouge takeover of Cambodia, they established [...]
Disputed Lands – The Case of Preah Vihear
Situated on top of a 525m cliff in the Dangrek mountains of northern Cambodia is Prasat Preah Vihear. Straddling the border between Cambodia’s Preah Vihear province and Sisaket province in Thailand, the 11th century Angkorian temple lies on disputed ground. Over the past millenium, the temple has been located at times in both Cambodia and [...]
Faces of Innocence
We’re roughly halfway through the theme contest. Remember to make your guesses in the comments. Good luck. A young Cambodian girl at the Wat Thmei killing field memorial in Cambodia. The Killing Fields were a number of sites in Cambodia where large numbers of people were killed and buried by the authoritarian Khmer Rouge regime, [...]
The Floating Life
Scenes from the floating village of Kompong Phlukk on the Tonle Sap, Cambodia [piclens-lite-link]
Cambodia’s Forgotten Capital
Long one of the most inaccessible of the Angkor-era temples, Koh Ker could easily be described Cambodia’s forgotten capital. Tucked away in the forests of Preah Vihear province in the north of the country, Koh Ker was briefly the Khmer capital during the reign of Jayavarman IV (928-942 CE), who moved here from Angkor after [...]
Cambodia’s Forgotten Capital
Long one of the most inaccessible of the Angkor-era temples, Koh Ker could easily be described Cambodia’s forgotten capital. Tucked away in the forests of Preah Vihear province in the north of the country, Koh Ker was briefly the Khmer capital during the reign of Jayavarman IV (928-942 CE), who moved here from Angkor after [...]
Visions of Angkor
After decades of war, genocide and famine, tourist arrivals in Cambodia have been steadily increasing since the late 1990s. Tourism was Cambodia’s fastest growing industry, with arrivals increasing from 219,000 in 1997 to 1,700,000 in 2006 and in the first nine months of 2007 there’s been a further increase of 19%. One of the jewels [...]
Beng Mealea, Cambodia
Built to the same floor plan as Angkor Wat, Beng Mealea was constructed by Suryavarman II (1112-52). A moat measuring 1.2km by 900m once enclosed the site, although this has mostly dried up today. Located 40km (60-80km by road) away from the main Angkor temples, Beng Mealea has been almost totally claimed by the jungle. [...]
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