War in Cambodia?

[Chriswood8]

i've just watched the film 'the killing fields' , in which i thought was awsome but was wondering what the outcome of cambodia has become? is there still civil war going on now??

[Peter Pedant]

Erm not really..

C is really worth a visit - Phnom Penh, Seam Reap - that's where the mekong flows in different directions depending on the time of the year - Angkor Wat. I looked at a Cambodian stamp in 1962 and wondered if I would ever get there. yes 1999.

At Angkor Wat in yes 1999, I was asked what are you doing here? Rebels have just massacred 50 tourists. But I survived to write this! Really nasty. they used to take tourists and then say - this is all a mistake! Look here is a bus to take you back to town. we're all so sarry

So the saps used to get onto the bus and sing songs and look forward to seeing marm again - and get shot in the back of the neck. [No desire to escape, as  they were going home] Ugh i kinda went off Cambodians after that.

[Octavius]

Cambodia is beginning to put the mechanism in place to bring those responsible for the "killing fields" to justice. Cambodia and the UN agreed to set up a tribunal to try the surviving leaders of the genocide years.

Cambodia is one of the poorest countries in the world. Subsistence farming employs 70% of the workforce, with the Mekong River providing fertile, irrigated fields for rice production.

Tourism is of growing economic importance. The temple complex at Angkor, built between the ninth and 13th centuries by Khmer kings, is a UN heritage site and a major draw for visitors.

Well over half of Cambodia is forested, but illegal logging is robbing the country of millions of dollars of badly-needed revenue. The environment is also suffering, with topsoil erosion and flooding becoming prevalent.

The spread of Aids is another threat to Cambodia's future. The country has one of the highest rates of infection in Asia, but has a limited ability to care for sufferers.

[KebabMeister]

Excellent film.  The co-star also one an Oscar (he lived through the troubles in Cambodia in real life)

Haing S. Ngor was a native of Cambodia, and before the war was a physician (obstetrics) and medical officer in the Cambodian army. He became a captive of the Khmer Rouge during the and was imprisoned and tortured; in order to escape execution he denied being a doctor or having an education. He moved to the U.S. as a refugee in 1980, and though he had no formal acting experience, he was chosen to portray photographer Dith Pran in The Killing Fields (1984) and won an Academy Award. He went on to a modestly distinguished acting career, while continuing to work with human rights organizations in Cambodia on improving the conditions in resettlement camps, as well as attempting to bring the perpetrators of the Cambodian massacre to justice. On 25 February 1996, Ngor was found shot to death in the garage of his apartment building in Los Angeles. Relatives and friends speculated that the killing was revenge for his opposition to the Khmer Rouge.

[KebabMeister]

Jeez... it's late and I just type 'one' as 'won'! :/

[Bangkok]

Cambodia has almost an entire generation missing, with all the implications that has.  The KR trials are a bit of a farce, in that they keep being delayed until the accused die of natural causes.  The spirit of the survivors is incredible and humbling, and the sight of 1500 temples over a thousand years is simply stunning.

Incidently, Cambodia is one of the most bomber countries (US, in the Vietnam war).  Per square mile, the very dubious honour belongs to Laos