Phnom Penh

“Equal” and “Free” - There is a Difference The Qing dynasty has proven a relevant component of Chinese society for centuries. However, as indicated by the dynastic cycle, its conclusion was inevitable. Because its traditional ways have been perceived as the cause of the foreign control of economic resources in which nationalism has been triggered, such has arrived in the form of revolution. Those responsible for said revolution are commonly…

followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea in Cambodia. The leader of the Khmer Rouge was Pol pot. Also the founder was Son Ngoc Minh. On April 17, 1975 an entire nation vanished. On that day, Khmer Rouge troops marched into the capital city of Phnom Penh proclaiming the year zero. Within less than twenty-four hours, the army began evacuating the city of more than two and a half million lives. At this point, the troops began an exercise in social control on a scale rarely seen. Under the…

though, according two studies study done by Al-Ghammari et al in Oman (2015) and Saudi in a study done in Saudi Arabia (2014), relived that episiotomy rate still significantly high among primigravida. Additional to These two studies, a study done in Phnom Penh by Schantz et al, questioned the midwiferies for performing episiotomy in each case, the most common reason is to prevent SSL which would be harder to sutured comparing to episiotomy in additional to preventing maternal complication. The…

There are few cases in our world in which a civil war has transformed into a full on genocide. Mainly because it is difficult to garner support for the mass killing of an entire group of people. However, when it does happen it is a major ordeal. The civil war in Rwanda from 1990 to 1994 is one example. The Cambodian civil war from 1970-1975 also demonstrates a civil war turned genocide. These two examples share both similarities and differences in the way in which the whole incident panned out.…

War Photographer by Carol Ann Duffy is about a photographer who is struggling with the consequences and reality of war. The voice of criticism from the experience of war combined with the use of poetic devices exposes the theme of war. The poet uses compelling and distressing illustrations in this poem to enthrall pathos into the reader’s feelings. The use of pathos stirs up emotions of sympathy, sorrow, and despair. Thus, his photographic films are filled with pictures of the genuine agony…

While the campaigns in Cambodia were immensely successful for the United States’ effort in the Vietnam War, it resulted in huge controversy and detrimental losses for the indigenous people. Bombings that would later escalate into an invasion served to destroy enemy sanctuaries hiding in Cambodia. In the tedious and fruitless conflict, Nixon described the invasion as “the most successful military operation of the entire Vietnam War" (qtd. In History.com Staff). Using the domino theory to justify…

Phnom Penh, is the general area where the actual killing fields took place, even though it was spreaded out through Cambodia (The Killing Fields). Pol Pot was born in 1925 in a small village and after he was old enough he went to school and as he progressed…

Song Analysis for First They Killed my Father In Phnom Penh a little girl named Loung and her family had to leave everything behind because of the Khmer Rouge soldiers. Loung Ung wrote a book of her life in Cambodia and three themes for the book are confusion, pain, and hope. This book is called First They Killed My Father and the song I chose that goes with the book is called Gone too soon by Daughtry. For the song I choose three parts from the book. The parts include when Loung had memories…

Introduction My name is Phannith Peth and I was born on the 3rd of April, 1992 in Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia. I have four brothers and one sister, and I am the youngest son in my family. My parents are Pon Peth and Sokheang Prom. My father passed away from a serious sickness at the age of fifty four in 2008, when I was about sixteen years old. Since then my mother had played an important role as a breadwinner trying extremely hard to earn money to support the whole family. My…

Malcolm X once said, “There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.” Loung Ung is a victim of the 1975 Cambodian Genocide and lost almost everything that she held dear to her including her home, her parents, and two of her sisters. However, she did not let their deaths weight her down as she went on to survive the wrath of the Khmer Rouge. The Khmer Rouge started a takeover…