Phnom Penh

China. The United States also gave them support because they were against the Vietnamese trying to take over Cambodia. In 1978 the Vietnamese sent over 60,000 troops, along with planes and tanks across the border. On January 7, 1979, they captured Phnom Penh. Pol Pot ran and went back into the jungle, bit that didn’t stop him. He just reorganized and began his guerrilla operations…

The 1900’s was a hard time for the world to grasp. There were terrible events happening around the world, such as The Holocaust and The Cambodian Killing. Adolf Hitler, born in Austria, 1889, was one of the main, well-known antics of The Holocaust. He showed signs of rebellion at a young age and also left all forms of education in 1905 to pursue his dreams of being a famous artist. His failure at being an artist led him to a state of depression. His state of depression led him to become…

Ever stopped for a moment and thought were your T-shirts or pants came from - and no i'm not talking about the stores that sell them, however we’ll get to them momentarily. The majority of our clothing and frankly many other industries, besides the garment industry, have factories - sweatshops - in 3rd world countries primarily for a cheap source of labor. Although most of us don’t really care about these people, as Karen Coates puts it in her article blood on our backs, they are “just a cog in…

The term ‘genocide’ has inflicted a feeling of evil and fear for many for thousands of years. It’s no wonder why the word gives off such a negative vibe, as the countless instances of genocide all over the world have always been unspeakable and unimaginable. The Cambodian Genocide that took place during the late twentieth century was no exception, it was filled with torture, death and tragedy that all clearly follow the eight stages of genocide. Classification, the first stage of genocide,…

Education is the pillar of life, so it is essential that children are given the best quality education as it will help them to combat life's challenges. The government and all other education stakeholders must work together to ensure that public schools deliver more so as to positively impact learning. It is a fact that the education sector faces several drawbacks. However, with a combined effort, it is possible to trigger change. There are two sources that I use for this essay, it is “I Just…

For Stress-free Life, Throw Away It will be a major challenge when in the midst of a busy life and everything it represents – work, celebrations, reunions, adventures and misadventures – you attempt to seek silence. Almost impossible, right? While living life, things do not always work out as you wish and you become stressed. Each time this happens, what did you do? Maybe, you could not do anything, but instead, have accumulated all that stress in your mind. When we eat food, nutrients…

Cambodian Genocide Research Paper Cambodia is the land in which my parents were raised and my livelihood encompasses. I was born in America, with Chinese blood, but my history lies with Cambodia. The Cambodian Genocide is the most impactful event to have entered my life, for a very important reason: my parents were personal participants. A South-Eastern country in Asia, with neighboring countries Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand, it was previously known as the Khmer Empire of Angkor. Everything…

family, in addition to her many problems that she now faces. Although she is put into a state of danger, Loung continues to think about her images of anger with the mean intentions of the Khmer Rouge. When Loung is relocated from the streets of Phnom Penh to the bad conditions of Krang Troup, she is sitting on the fence as to which mindset she wants to choose, if it is to rebel against the idea of the communist regime, or to accept that this change in lifestyle is for…

Succession Planning Finding talent people is not as difficult as finding the right people. Most successful candidate for top level of management undergo the succession planning. It is the plan to build the next generation of leader. The main concern of human resource of a company without leadership is the succession. They cannot build people when they are at risk of leaving the company once they find a better working environment. Furthermore, the company do not fully understand the specific…

The world is being polluted and it is an issue that is becoming one of the most crucial problems to solve, especially in Cambodia, where it is only getting worse everyday. The environment crisis is considered as a top priority issue in this country due to the challenges the country needed to overcome in trying to mitigate the impact it has on its citizens. The three major problems that Cambodia has been facing nowadays are deforestation, lack of waste management and air pollution. Firstly, the…