After the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime in January 1979, Cambodia left behind depopulated cities. A quarter of the population was exterminated including 90% of the local elite. The capital, Phnom Penh, was sorely marked by abandonment during these years of conflict, and the ensuing political instability in the...
Andrea Di Biagio: Save the Mekong
The Mekong is the most important river of the south eastern Asia. The river rises in Tibet and pass through China, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. With his 4.300 km lenght is the biggest freshwater fish reserve in the world. International River is a Ngo working hard for rivers’ protection...
Alban Lécuyer: The Grand Opening of Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh is a unique example of our times of a capital that was almost entirely stripped of its population. Buildings were abandoned and traffic prohibited, as well as schools and public spaces being converted into farmland: from 1975 to 1979, the Khmer Rouge regime advocated domination over the “new...