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Index Of Cambodia-related Articles
Articles (arranged alphabetically) related to Cambodia and Cambodian culture include: 0-9 * 25th Tokyo International Film Festival * 2003 Phnom Penh riots, anti-Thai riots over Angkor Wat * Cambodian–Thai border dispute, 2008 Cambodian-Thai border dispute * 2012 Cambodian Senate election * 2013–2014 Cambodian protests * 2015 AFF U-16 Youth Championship * 2016 AFF U-16 Youth Championship * 2017 Cambodian communal elections * 2018 Cambodian Senate election * 2023 Southeast Asian Games A * Abul Kasame * Accreditation Committee of Cambodia, national higher education quality and assessment body * ACLEDA Bank, privately owned bank based in Phnom Penh * ADHOC, human rights organisation, founded in 1991 * Administrative divisions of Cambodia * Aek Phnum District * Aekakpheap * Agence Kampuchea Press * AH1 * AH11 * Air Cambodge * Air Dream * Ak Yum * Aki Ra * Al Rockoff * Al-Serkal Mosque * Am Rong *''An Ambition Reduced to Ashes'', a 1995 Cambodian short film drama directed by Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh. The sovereign state of Cambodia has a population of over 17 million. Buddhism is enshrined in the constitution as the official state religion, and is practised by more than 97% of the population. Cambodia's minority groups include Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and 30 hill tribes. Cambodia has a tropical monsoon climate of two seasons, and the country is made up of a central floodplain around the Tonlé Sap lake and Mekong Delta, surrounded by mountainous regions. The capital and largest city is Phnom Penh, the political, economic and cultural centre of Cambodia. The kingdom is an elective co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aekakpheap
Aekakpheap ( km, ឯកភាព) is a commune in Ou Chum District in northeast Cambodia. It contains four villages and had a population of 1,752 in 1998. In the 2007 commune council elections, all five seats went to members of the Cambodian People's Party The Cambodian People's Party (CPP), UNGEGN: , ALA-LC: ; is a Cambodian political party which has ruled Cambodia since 1979. Founded in 1951, it was originally known as the Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP)., UNGEGN: , ALA-LC: .... The NGO Forum on Cambodia reported in 2006 that the land alienation rate in Aekakpheap was severe. (See Ratanakiri Province for background information on land alienation.) Villages References Communes of Ratanakiri province {{cambodia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ampil Pram Daeum
Ampil Pram Daeum ( km, ឃុំអំពិលប្រាំដើម) is a khum (community) of Bavel District in Battambang Province in north-western Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailan .... Villages * Dangkao Kramang * Siem * Ampil * Sthapor * Ta Khiev * Buo Run * Doung * Sthab Por Pi References Communes of Battambang province Bavel District {{BattambangProvince ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amleang
) is the largest town in Thpong District of Kampong Speu Province, Cambodia. In 1998, its population was 8,215. (), "Final Population Totals, Kampong Speu Province, 1998," p. 101 The Communist Party of Kampuchea
The Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK),, UNGEGN: , ALA-LC: ; french: Parti communiste du Kampuchea also known as the Khmer Communist Party, once had their head ...
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American University Of Phnom Penh
The American University of Phnom Penh (AUPP; km, សាកលវិទ្យាល័យអាមេរិកាំងភ្នំពេញ, UNGEGN: ) is a private English-medium university founded in August 2013, with a campus in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The university currently offers four-year American dual degree programs as well as stand-alone Bachelor's and MBA programs. History The vision for AUPP originated with Dr. Chea Vandeth along with Dr. Kem Reat Viseth, the former Director of the School of Graduate Studies of the National School of Management, and Dr. Kenneth Dunn, a Fulbright Scholar to Cambodia, who together conceptualized a new university that would embody international best practices and offer academic programs of the highest quality. AUPP was organized as a non-profit institution with the mission of contributing to the human resource development of Cambodia. In 2013, AUPP began operations with 40 students at a temporary campus in Toul Kork. A Board of Truste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Ambition Reduced To Ashes
''An Ambition Reduced to Ashes '' is a 1995 Cambodian short feature drama film written and directed by Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia. The film was made right after his recovery from cancer in Beijing, China. Cast *Kong Sophy *Mom Soth Mom Soth is a Cambodian film actor who has appeared in three films, ''Rice People ''Rice People'' ( km, អ្នកស្រែ, 'nâk Srê ) is a 1994 Cambodian drama film directed and co-written by Rithy Panh. Adapted from the 1966 novel '' ... *Chorn Torn References External links * 1995 films 1995 drama films Cambodian drama films Khmer-language films Cambodian short films {{Cambodia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Am Rong
Am Rong (1929 – May 1975)Corfield, J and Summers, L. ''Historical dictionary of Cambodia'', Scarecrow Press, 2003, p.9 was a Cambodian soldier and filmmaker, who acted as a spokesman on military matters for the Khmer Republic during the Cambodian Civil War. Western journalists commented on the irony of his name as he gave briefings which "painted a rosy picture of the increasingly desperate situation on the ground" during the war. Career Rong was born in Battambang to a farming family, and was initially educated at the Royal School of Administration. He joined the Cambodian army in 1953 and served as a paratrooper from 1956.Corfield and Summers, p.9 Henry Kamm, characterised Rong as "affable and intelligent". He studied film in France at the IDHEC, the French state film school from 1962 to 1964.Kamm, H. ''Cambodia: Report from a stricken land'', Arcade, 1998, p.61 Given that Cambodia's then-ruler Prince Norodom Sihanouk had considered himself the premier filmmaker of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Serkal Mosque
The Al-Serkal Mosque is the main mosque in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia. It was a gift from Al Serkal Family, United Arab Emirates and opened in 1968. It is situated north of the town, near the Boeung Kak lake, which is now dry. A new building, gift of the United Arab Emirates, has replaced the original mosque, it opened in 2014. File:Al-Serkal-2015-15.JPG, The mosque as seeing from the street File:Al-Serkal-2015-16.JPG, One of the minarets seeing from a street of Phnom Penh File:Cambodia '08 - 010 - Phnom Penh - Mosque at lakeside.jpg, The ancient mosque demolished in 2012 See also * Islam in Cambodia Islam is the religion of a majority of the Cham (also called Khmer Islam) and Malay minorities in Cambodia. According to Po Dharma, there were 150,000 to 200,000 Muslims in Cambodia as late as 1975. Persecution under the Khmer Rouge eroded t ... References Mosques in Phnom Penh 1968 establishments in Cambodia Mosques completed in 2014 {{Cambodia- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Rockoff
Al Rockoff (born 1946) is an American photojournalist made famous by his coverage of the Vietnam War and of the Khmer Rouge takeover of Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital. He was portrayed in the Academy Award-winning film ''The Killing Fields'' by actor John Malkovich, although he has never been happy with this portrayal. Rockoff was born in Pawtucket, Rhode Island and is of half Russian and half Irish ancestry. After enlisting in the Navy while under age, he subsequently became an Army photographer in South Vietnam. Career After several years in Vietnam, Rockoff came to the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh in the spring of 1973, when the US-backed government of Lon Nol was fighting the Khmer Rouge insurgents. Both houses of Congress had voted to end USAF bombing missions over Cambodia that summer, and many journalists expected the fall of Phnom Penh was imminent. Rockoff was known to take tremendous risks to get his pictures at a time when any foreign journalist falling into Khmer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aki Ra
Aki Ra (sometimes written Akira, born ) is a former Khmer Rouge conscripted child soldier who works as a deminer and museum curator in Siem Reap, Cambodia. He has devoted his life to removing landmines in Cambodia and to caring for young landmine victims. Aki Ra states that since 1992 he has personally removed and destroyed as many as 50,000 landmines, and is the founder of the Cambodian Landmine Museum. Early life Aki Ra is unsure of his age, but believes he was born in 1970 or 1973.Shibata Yukinori ''Bulletin of the Jesuit Social Center''. Tokyo, no. 129:129.3. His parents were killed by the Khmer Rouge. Orphaned in a Khmer Rouge camp, he was taken in by a woman named Yourn who raised him and several other orphaned children. Like many others, he soon became a child soldier once his strength became sufficient to make him useful to local Khmer Rouge military commanders.Ebonne Ruffins (30 July 2010)"Cambodian man clears land mines he set decades ago" CNN. When the Vietnamese army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ak Yum
Ak Yum ( km, អកយំ, ) is an ancient temple in the Angkor region of Cambodia.Higham, C., 2014, Early Mainland Southeast Asia, Bangkok: River Books Co., Ltd., Helen Jessup dates the temple to the 8th century, and states it is the oldest known example of "temple mountain" in Southeast Asia.Michael W. Meister (2006)Mountain Temples and Temple-Mountains: Masrur ''Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians'', Vol. 65, No. 1 (Mar., 2006), University of California Press, pp. 39- 44; The origins and repair history of the temple are unclear. Stone carrying inscriptions, including one with a date corresponding to Saturday 10 June 674 AD during the reign of king Jayavarman I. The first structure on the site was a single-chamber brick sanctuary, probably constructed in the latter part of the 8th century. Later it was remade into a larger stepped pyramid structure, with a base approximately 100 meters square. The expansion probably took place in the early 9th Century during the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air Dream
Air Dream was a short-lived charter airline based in Cambodia. During 2007, it operated flights between Siem Reap, Cambodia, and Hanoi, Vietnam. Its single aircraft, chartered from financially troubled Royal Khmer Airlines, was flown to Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi, in late 2007 for maintenance reasons and abandoned there subsequently, as the airline was shut down. Fleet Air Dream operated one ageing Boeing 727-200 jet airliner, which was originally delivered to American Airlines American Airlines is a major airlines of the United States, major US-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is the Largest airlines in the world, largest airline in the world when measured ... in 1988. References External linksAir Dream Fleet Defunct airlines of Cambodia Airlines established in 2007 Airlines disestablished in 2007 Cambodian companies established in 2007 2007 disestablishments in Cambodia {{Cambodia- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
