Cambodia

The Kent state shooting may 1970 students protesting the bombing of Cambodia by the U.S military forces, when the Guardsman shot and killed four students on may 4th. The Kent state shooting became the focal Point of a nation deeply divided by the Vietnam war. By 1970, thousands of people in the U.S were actively protesting the Vietnam war. These protests usually were peaceful and included such things as burning draft cards, fleeing to Canada or some other country to escape the draft…

Stretching all the way from the Bosporus Strait in the west to the Diomede Islands in the east, Asia is not only the planet's largest continent but also it's most populous with 4.4 billion people calling it home. Following Marco Polo’s epic tale of an overland journey to China in the late 1,200’s and the marvels he encountered upon the Silk Road before arriving at the great market in Peking , the Venetian travellers exploits spurred a new wave of explorers to find a safer, quicker way to the…

At last night’s Democratic debate between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton invoked an unexpected figure: Henry Kissinger. “I was very flattered when Henry Kissinger said I ran the State Department better than anybody had run it in a long time,” she said, in an off-hand aside. It wasn’t an endorsement of Kissinger, or really much of anything. It was just a little brag that would have played well in a different room. The sort of room it would have played well in, really, is the…

By the end of the war, seven million tons of bombs had been dropped on Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. To put in perspective, that is more than twice the amount of bombs dropped on Europe and Asia in World War II. The Vietnam War was a fail due to the fact that The Department of Defense (DOD) reports that the US spent about $168 billion in the entire…

words “MADE IN NEW YORK” are written out. I was born in Brooklyn, New York. I would have added more detail to further express that, but I was not raised there. Below those words is my name written in Khmer (the Cambodian language). My family is from Cambodia, and I was raised there for a brief time. Unfortunately, I’m not totally fluent in Khmer nor can I write…

Located in Southeast Asia, Laos PDR is centrally positioned around Myanmar (Burma) and the Northwestern part of China. Vietnam lies west of Laos and Cambodia borders the southwestern portion. Lastly, Thailand borders the southwestern and west area of Laos. Thick forestry landscaped areas and mountainous terrains are abundant around Laos. The Annamese Cordillera mountain range is a notable Landmark in Laos that runs along the Vietnam border in the North and South direction. (Evans). There are…

In the 1960s, the movement against US involvement in Vietnam began with a group of peace activists and intellectuals on college campuses. It gained national attention in 1965, when the US started bombing North Vietnam even more. The vast majority of the American people still supported the US involvement in the Vietnam war, but by the end of 1965, a small, outspoken, liberal minority was making its voice heard within the US. Most of this minority included college students, members of the hippie…

Because she had an aggressive personality and was the youngest in her family she was chosen to go to America. There, she had the opportunity to get a better education than what she would have received in Cambodia. Even so, she had taken her education and opportunities for granted. Loung who had encountered many serious events, would most likely want to get a higher education to prove others wrong, but instead she decided to focus on fitting in. When Loung…

SEA Games really brings benefits to hosting country in term of boosting the economy. However, during SEA Games, there must be vehicular traffic flow around Bukit Jalil area as athletics and spectators were moving to the stadium. The National Stadium in Bukit Jalil has been filled up with people wanting to witness the opening of the Kuala Lumpur SEA Games, which is just minutes away. (Bernama, 2017) Picture is provided by Bernama As we can see the crowds from the above photo, there must be…

Ever since the United States had the Civil War there has been plenty of events that occurred, that can be described as having a big impact on the identity of the United States. There nothing in this world more important than unity, especially when a time of war and we saw that in the United States during World War I, II and the Cold War. We also saw that the United States had the ability to thrive under pressure during severe time .During, World War I the United States establish themselves as a…