The Workers Party of Kampuchea was a political party that exited between the time of the Kampuchean Peoples Revolutionary Party and the Communist Party of Kampuchea. It is therefore a successor of the former and the forerunner of the later. Its formation is considered controversial with modern Khmer communists disavowing […]
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Solidarity Front for Development of the Cambodian Motherland (2006–present)
The leading mass organization currently in Cambodia the Solidarity Front for Development of the Cambodian Motherland was founded in 2006. The front has two precursors, namely the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation, the militant organization that led to liberation from the Khmer Rouge. This initial group contained not just […]
Who was Son Ngoc Minh?
Son Ngoc Minh was one of the first communist revolutionaries in Cambodia. As a founder of the Kampuchean Peoples Revolutionary Party, a forerunner to the Communist Party of Kampuchea he can be considered the father of the Khmer Rouge. Son was born in 1920 to a Khmer Krom father and […]
Who were the Khmer Rumbo?
The Khmer Rumbo were left-wing revolutionaries who were fighting against what they saw as the American puppet regime of Lon Nol and the Khmer Republic. They were differentiated from the Khmer Rouge in that while they were leftists they saw Sihanouk as a figure of national unity and they enjoyed […]
Political Parties in Cambodia in 2024
Cambodia is currently a constitutional monarchy under either a dominant party system, or a one party system, depending on your take on things. The only party currently in parliament is the Cambodian Peoples Party, although opposition parties exist at lower levels of government and have been represented in parliament before. […]
Kampuchea Krom and the Khmer Rouge
Kampuchea Krom denotes the parts of Vietnam that not only formerly were part of Cambodia, but still have a high population of Khmer people. They are in turn known as Khmer Krom (people) and have played a significant role in the history of Cambodia. This has included all conflicts that […]
The Burmese Way to Socialism
The Burmese Way to Socialism was the government policy of Burma aimed at turning the country into a socialist utopia by formulating a policy specifically suited to the situation in the country. This wade it one of the very countries to remain independent of both the USSR and China, while […]
The little known Thai Communist insurgency
While communism in South-East Asia is hardly a new thing, few realize that Thailand also went through its own almost successful insurgency. How close though was the Thai communist insurgency and how did they interact with the other liberation movements of the region. Communism in South-East Asia Indonesia was famously […]
Phnom Malai and the Khmer Rouge
Phnom Malai is one of the most important areas related to the Khmer Rouge, their insurgency and later reintegration into society. It is particularly important to the family of Solath Sar, more famously known as Pol Pot. It is located in Banteay Meanchey Province near the border between Cambodia and […]
The last Killing Fields of Cambodia
The brutality of the Khmer Rouge has often been stated as only occurring during the brief existence of Democratic Kampuchea, but in actuality it started in the zones help by them before their victory, as well as those held after their defeat. Photo: Manny Tafari & Snappytappy Early atrocities of […]