Cambodia Timeline

By LiviP2
  • Independence from France

    Khmer Rouge fighters invaded Phnom Penh and took over the city. With the capital in its grasp, the Khmer Rouge had won the civil war and, thus, rules the country.
  • Religion of Buddhism

    The communes in that they worked together, shared in the spoils of their labor and were untrained by the evils of money, wealth and religion, the latter being the Buddhism common in Cambodias cities.
  • Pol pots execution

    If you wore glasses or could speak another language then you would be executed.
  • The end of pol pot

    The Vietnamese army invaded Cambodia and removed pol pot and Khmer Rouge from power.
  • Ties with the world

    Over the decades since the fall of the Khmer Rouge, Cambodia has gradually reestablished ties with the world community.
  • Surrender amnesty

    Thousands of Khmer Rouge long Sary forms a new party and is granted by Sihanouk
  • Pol pots death

    Pol pot dies in his jungle hideout
  • Abolish prison

    Parliament votes to abolish prison terms for defamation
  • Cambodias solders die

    2 Cambodian soldiers die in an exchange of fire with Thai troops in the disputed area. Thai soldiers die later of wounds.
  • Cambodia charges 2 Thai citizens

    Tension rise as Cambodia charges 2 thai citizens with spying aftertaste they were arrested for crossing the disputed border. Respective forces exchange fire across the border.
  • Prime minister dead

    Kim Ley, a political commentator and prominent critic of prime minister Hun Sun is shot dead in the capitol Phnom Penh.
  • Poor nation

    Cambodias one of the poorest nations in the world. Corruption is endemic and accepted at every level of authority.