Cambodia is the most wonderful place. My husband took me there for my 50th birthday in 2015 and we have visited 5 times (if not for Covid, we would've been 7 times). I left my heart there on that first visit and must go back to reconnect with it. We have made lasting friendships and support the village at Phnom Krom and local school. The Khmer are the most beautifully spirited peoples. Every visit, we base ourselves at the same little hotel in Siem Reap and then trip around seeing temple sites, giant statues of the Buddha and waterfalls through different provinces. We love the history and the food but mostly, we travel there for the people. We are seriously considering retiring there in a few years. Most visitors are only in Siem Reap for 2-3 days, which is a real shame as they are missing out on such a rich culture by just seeing the main 2 temple sites and then flying out.
Wonderful. My late husband and I went to Cambodia on our honeymoon in 1993, and loved it so much we went again in 1997. A magical place, a wonderful people.
Thank you so much for uploading this documentary. As a Khmer Rouge survivor myself, I completely understand the recurring nightmare that some of the survivors are going through.
@@remhk6672 from what my aunt and mom told me, during the start of Khmer Rouge, many people tried to refuge to other countries for safety. Some of my relatives were able to refuge to France and we still keep in touch. My mom told me that at the time when they start telling people to moved out of their house, when people were moving forward, her relatives called her to go back but she can’t because of the crowd and if she managed to move back at that time she’d end up in France.
Good leadership leads to peace and prosperity. Poor leadership lead to suffering and death. I was in my high school in Phnom Penh when Pol Pot took over the country in 1975. Most of my family members did not survive after 1979. As I learned our Khmer history in school, it was always ended in bloodshed for power. A peace from Khmer in abroad!
Khmer are such beautiful people and such a beautiful country. In prayers one day, Khmer will see the freedom and glory of a true Nation again. Khmer children must seek education to achieve such come back. God blessed
Thank you so much for this incredible documentary, we really appreciate the admiration and praise and how truthful you are. I hope more people will come to know and realize how incredible our nation truly is.
I shook the hand of the Prince of Cambodia and i felt i shook the hand of all Cambodia that day, i was humbled and honored. I will never forget i shook hand of Cambodian royalty.
As an Asian American who is Cambodian and Chinese, I am truly thankful for you to tell us about this history because it just very interesting to learn and understand this. I wanted the people to know that Cambodia and other Southeast Asian Countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos) are existed or real..
Maybe you could explore monarchies that exist in Indonesia. Although Indonesia is a republic, many monarchies still exist in its territory. Two of which have a unique characteristic; House of Hamengkubuwana and House of Pakualam, since rulers of both houses hold real political power as governor and vice governor of the province of Yogyakarta. That makes Yogyakarta the only province ruled by a hereditary governor in Indonesia. House of Hamengkubuwana is especially in the spotlight currently since a princess maybe take the helm in the future as the first female monarch in its third-hundred-years history
Indonesia current monarchy are bullshit, they are sultanate, an ottoman dog, a living traitor who still surviving from their past rebellious muslim ancestor who were actually a commoner who rebelled against the Wise Dharmic Royalties
yes!!! yes!!! thank you!!! omg, I love you so much!! Khmer proverb: a nation without a king is like a river without water, a woman without her clothing, a naked nation.
Cambodia people is most nicest people I meet. so humble. smile and friendly. even invite me to they house for having a dinner. Cambodian people truly amazing
2:50 Wow it's similar to Javanese wayang. I've been to Indonesia several times to find out this traditional art play, and just know that Cambodian has similar art play to Javanese. And seeing other similarities like temples and royal tradition, I searched on google and find out their close historical relation that king Jayavarman of Khmer was born in Java when Shailendra dynasty from Sumatra took power over Java island. He came back to his ancestor's homeland in Cambodia and founded Khmer kingdom. That's wonderful history❤
Just imagine how magnificent Angor Wat would have been at it’s height. It’s still awe inspiring now so it must have been incredible.if only we had a time machine.
Very informative documentary!!! Royalty has been part the Cambodian culture since ancient times also since the arrival of the Indian princely sage Kambu Swayambhuva aka Kaundinya. I hope the Khmer royalty would continue to exist since it's been part of the Cambodian culture.
I am someone who has heard the name of Kings and PMs of Combodia and brutal reign of Khmer Rouge in current affair books while growing up and later in my 20s,this documentary gave much more depth in knowledge and information about the country which is a home to the world's biggest temple. Peace which many of us take for granted has already great price which is paid by our ancestors in different forms. As a citizen of a democratic republic country,what Combodian people went through for centuries feels like a nightmare to me. I really admire and appreciate the grit and hard work of people who are trying to make things better. Corruption has deep roots and it is not easy to get rid of it. But I do hope and pray that Combodian people get to taste the peace,prosperity and happiness in near future which stays with them for long.
As a graduating student, i feel like there are lots of information which are not tought in schools but they exist in this video. For example, we were told that our prime minister was just a normal soldier before the Khmer Rough period and had no relation with any Khmer Rough army but he was trusted to run the country by the king. That's what i was told anyways. Edit: especially if they are historical information
I watched this in 2021 and I can tell you that with everything we been through, we will continue to serve the throne. It doesn't matter where we are now because we never forget where we came from. Long Live the King 👑
This video is very accurate, very knowledgeable, and well made. Thank you so much for making this video. As a fellow Cambodian i love the king. He's the father of this nation, thanks to him that we can claim independence from France colonization. French treat us very bad. Cutting our land give to Vietnam, and trashing our lives by killing democracy. I don't blame him for fleeing this nation as war comes. He know what best for his country. Who stupid enough to stay and die? Who will rescue the country if he's dead? As long as he can live, we still have a chance. He thought a head for so many years. After years of civil war without receiving any help from the UN or NATO he still get our country back to it knee. It's been only 23 years 1998-2021 that we have full democracy from any country or civil war but we progress very well. You just can't hate the king Sihanouk. No matter what book from the west writing bad things about him, but the truth is still the truth, he's the father of Cambodia freedom. You can't deny that. Also for the people saying that he is not suitable to be a king, please look at Cambodia during 1960-1965 in which he act as Prime Minister of Cambodia. Cambodia at that time is developing very fast, corruption free, low illiteracy, low unemployment rate, no inflation, high gdp gnp, and very nice social health care. Phnom Penh at that time was considered as the Pearl city of Asia. There's tons of research, and evidence proving all of these statements. Also for the people that don't believe it you can ask every elder in Cambodia what was life in the Socialism era of king Sihanouk.
The same happened in Indonesia in 1965. President Sukarno was regarded too liberal by the US, because he let any parties incl. Communist Party to live side by side with the others. Civil war was erupted in Indonesia, killing hundreds of thousands. The coup d’etats in South East Asia were committed by CIA. Please watch the lectures about liberal hegemony by Prof. Mearsheimer, Chomsky and Cohen. If you have more time, please also watch on youtube 2 documentaries by Oliver Stone called Ukraine on Fire and Revealing Ukraine. The CIA was doing it again in Eastern Europe in 2014, resulting Ukraine/Russia conflict today. Georgia was the lucky one, it had escaped without bloodsheds.
Not a very good King. He left his people to suffer and kill while he and his families seek refuged. Not a good figure in modern history for this king unfortunately. Thank you for sharing the history of Khmer Monarch. This King loved to sing, dance, and all for his own happiness. This king was not an Angel on earth or the father of the nation. He was the father who abandoned his people. This is of course, my opinion. I love my people, my country, culture and tradition, but not my rulers during this modern time.
im cambodian, yes he left and do whatever he want but he has no power in doing anything. He is like the idol to follow but sadly, he didn't give morale to the people.
He didn’t abandon his people sure he help brought pol pot to power but pol pot betrayed him and put him in house arrest he want to be the king again he’s want to help his people remember norodom administration period the country was so wealthy and he was the one who gave independent to the country if it wasn’t for the war the country would be a wealthy nation and of course this is my opinion every Cambodian need to unite instead of fighting each other that could make the country stronger after the war we need to reborn as a country again
I disagree with your opinion. I am not saying Sihanouk was a 100% good and did not make any mistakes. However, he loved his people. A few things prove that he loved his people, one, he had helped Cambodia gain independence from France and two, he had tried to keep Cambodia neutral during the Vietnam War. When you speak of Sihanouk taking refuge in China, I wonder if you know or have learned the entire history at all. Sihanouk was ousted from power of March 1970 by Lon Nol and his cousin Sirik Matak while being abroad because of the Vietnam War. How do you expect him to return to Cambodia when a death sentence was placed on him?!!! During this time, the Cold War is happening not to mention the Vietnam War. So he sought refuge in China. Then in 1973 he returned to the jungle of Cambodia and worked with the Khmer Rouge to kick out the U.S. backed-"corrupted" Lon Nol regime and hoping to get his power back. The Khmer Rouge had promised that they would make him head of state. Of course they betrayed him in 1976 by making him step down and placed him under house arrest. The Khmer Rouge could killed him too just like 14 of his grandchildren by they didn't because he was in important figure. Did you know that when the Vietnamese tanks rolled into Phnom Penh in late 1978 that the Vietnamese were going to behead him??? The Khmer Rouge must've known this and they allowed him to escape to China just in the knick of time. Don't forget that assasination of Sihanouk's life was also attempted on by the South Vietnamese back in 1954 when they sent a bomb to the royal palace which instead killed a cousin of his. With all the bad things that happened to Cambodia and her people, I want to say that Sihanouk can NOT be the only person to blame. There were many complicated factors involved. If you read the history well you would understand. Look at from the late 1950s and the rest of 1960s. Sihanouk's Sangkum Reastr Niyum era had made Cambodia industrialized and Cambodia had produced many talented artists. Sihanouk danced, composed musics, and made movies...why wouldn't you say he is talented?!!...
@@km2100 I am pleased to hear that you knew about Cambodian History during this era. Indeed, King Sihanouk was talented in artsy entertainment. I am glad you see King Sihanouk in different prospect. Again, opinion and how people think of King Sihanouk during his ruling can be positive or negative with or without the history to back up. When you compared the death of King Sihanouk's 14 grandchildren to the death of a nation (about over 2 million people killed) is incomparable. As a father to his nation, he should not have fled his country to seek refuse while knowing that his people are being massacred. The fact is that he fled the country and his so called beloved people with his talented and gift. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom. Peace:)
Khmer Empire Civilization were larger than the Byzantine Empire ( Roman Empire) that existed around the same time ! Khmer Empire were heavily influential Civilization their Art Martial , cultural Dance , traditional clothings as many designs outfits were inspired and embrace by neighboring people then adopted into their own culture . These ancient historical monuments were surrounded of golds and minerals but foreigners invasion, looters had left Angkor Wat empty. I’m so honor to be Kun Khmer descend. 🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🪷🪷🪷🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️
None but Vietnamese army who stepped in right time to stop the khmer rough, otherwise, not 2 millions but even more had been killed. Cambodia is in peace and good development now.I visited this country once and definitely fall in love with Cambodian people and great angkor culture. I wish the best for its people and believe the Cambodia is no doubt, will make its way to prosperous country very soon. Cheer from Viet Nam.
Me from Southindia . I realised y's Combu peoples feelings , Cambodian culture & Traditional & life style always rememmbring Indian Bharamin's culture ! King Suriya varmaa also belong's from our Manipure dynacity ! GREAT 👌🙏🇮🇳🇰🇭🙏
Our king 🤴 JAI suriya varmaa is come from India that why’s the king build ankor wat and the Buddha come to Cambodia teaching the cultural in Cambodia 🇰🇭 because meaning is karpuchea and Cambodia people are Hindu Buddhism 🕉 ☸️ Brahma Vishnu shiva and Buddha Father is the Hindu king 🤴 and lots of people don’t really understand that Kh’mai language is half of it is Sanskrit and Hindi and the newers generation keep speaking slank language and forgetting the original language and respecting ✊ and no cure racy for others 🙏🙏🙏🕉☸️🧡🇰🇭💯🌹 JAI Suriya varmaa
Great documentary. It made me cry 😥. I always knew the vietnamese invasion is what ended the Khmer rouge regime and brutal killings but I never knew exactly how and why the khmer rouge came into so much power at that time. Now I know why. King Sihounouk Norodom gave power to them because of the Vietnam war and the bombing by the U.S in Cambodia. My parents are survivor. I sometimes wonder how my country would be thriving if he didn't make one wrong decision to side with the khmer rouge or if the US didn't bomb Cambodia that caused him to seek help from them. Perhaps if he didn't seek independence from France, this probably wouldn't happen.
The CIA should’ve kept their dirty hands to themselves instead of interfering with other nations’ political interests i.g: Vietnam, Indonesia to name a few in South East Asia; Nicaragua, Chile, etc. in South America, etc.
If you want to pin-point the exact trigger, then it was the US bombing Cambodia. The US had no real reason to extend the Vietnam war into Cambodia at that time. Looking back , it was the wrong decision. But what other options did he have at that time? Could he have foreseen that his own countryman could become so bloodthirsty? He was expecting to be handed back his kingdom quickly, not be usurped. The Vietnamese ultimately betrayed Cambodia too and invaded Cambodia.
@@Wann-zo7rn2qn4i I agree. He has no options. I’m not saying the Vietnamese are the hero either. Even the Thai government at that time tortured the Cambodian refugees from stories I’ve heard.
Nothing wrong but a supreme righteous man would never leave his ppl behind and go on television to televise that he will not return to his kingdom because of civil unrest….
@@MoneyAffiliated because CIA was messing around in South East Asia at that time incl. in Indonesia. The coup d’etat in Indonesia in 1965 caused a civil war where hundreds and thousands people died. The exact copy of what is happening now in Ukraine. The presidential coup in 2014 and Maidan Revolution were the exact copies of Libya, Iran, etc. Please watch lectures on liberal hegemony by Prof. Mearsheimer, Chomsky and Cohen. Also pls watch 2 documentaries by Oliver Stone on youtube called Ukraine on Fire and Revealing Ukraine. Same things, different era. Georgia was lucky, they escaped without bloodshed.
I appreciate these unbias documentary, and have understand more of VN and Cambodia tension, make sense when you understand the circumstance too. That being said, the Prince in exile was staying at China during the entire ordeal, China Communist party support the Khmer Rouge, and Pol Pot was a Maoist... This cause some concern... Well anyway, i hope Cambodia doing better in this current era, friendly hello from VN.
My grandpa was Vietnamese and my grandpa's grandmother was also mixed vietnamese and cambodian. Before khmer rouge they would go back and forth through the border to buy food or meet relatives :) The family were professors and teachers in pnomh penh and most survived by lying except my grandpa who admitted he was a teacher. My Dad's Cambodian chinese parents sadly were killed :( I was born in the U.S. and we have a lot of Vietnamese friends and relatives. The family isn't the fondest of Vietnam (but they dislike Chinese government 100× more) because of stuff that happened during Vietnam War, but we're happy that Vietnamese can live happily and is united into a wonderful country. Cambodia is not in a good shape right now and it's very sad, but I apologize on behalf of the rude cambodians and hope one day Cambodia will break free from this corruption and that our people will live happily together again :>
@@yaso2222 Instead some stupids try very hard to convince the world that their lord’s bet for regaining his power back by millions of his people lifes was a decent decision and should not be blame.
Sihanu destroyed Cambodia by get Vetnam to be his boss. Vetnames Hojiming is the God s father of Sihanu . Sihanu made the tricked to to kill Cambodia by made killing field milions millions of Cambodians got kiled in 1975to 1979 more than 4/5 milions and untill now still got killing everyday by Vietnamess s spy !!!please some justice around the worlds may help Cambodia from Communist Veitnam and China. Please
Why did he welcome the Khmer Rouge??!!! You should ask yourself that first and do some research before making foolish comment!!! Go learn about the wars, the First War of Indochina, the Second War of Indochina aka the Vietnam War, and the Cambodian Civil War.
Now I understand why this Cambodian doughnut shop owner i knew in East Tx once was so sweet and humble and cool he had a amazing personality and really good doughnuts and if you were short a quarter he'd still give you the doughnut and tell you next time bring it or buy a doughnut for a hungry person his shop was always closed at certain hours of the day his family i think were always at the Catholic church mass then they'd come back to their shop.. they fled in the 70s and was able to get whats left of their family here in the 90s..very sweet folks and they were like don't gripe about America your country is amazing compared to what we left... really puts things into perspective..and trust me I wasn't trying to be funny or stereotypical this guy actually had a doughnut and coffee shop and just a sweet guy and his family 😊
There are many great historical stories that remain a mystery. This is due to the negligence of my people. It is unfortunate that we do not take good care of our historical evidence. What we know most of Historically, we only have ancient stone carvings that are the basis for research as evidence. However, we are very proud.
We did record many important events,but due to constant war during the 15th century,many documents were either burned, confiscated,or abandoned. After the fall of Angkor,many scholars move to writing inscriptions on palm leaf instead,and palm leaf being a natural product,if left uncheck would decompose.
May the King of Cambodia from now onwards be The Stablising Force for The Nation of Kampuchea in The Best Interest of Peace and Harmony for The People of Kampuchea to Develop into a Progressive Nation of Asean. Vive la Kampuchea!!!
I can relate with our Tripuri (Tripura state of Northeast India) culture as we were Hindu but Bengali ( refugee of the 1972 war from Bangladesh) seems to claim as there were no proper records of the kingdom Tripura there were books written by Indian scholar Rabindranath Tagore the book title Rajmala
Ive visited cambodia , i had a good convo with cambodian bus driver as he said the government is corrupt and the king better not to say.. God Bless the beautiful people of cambodia..
Wow this sucks. Being a Cambodian American, and watching this hurts my heart. CAMBODIA HAD NO BREAK. With greed and Power. Back to Back ppl trying to rule a country that had no chance. But we are STRONG!!!
Ikr? Dont wanna be rude but honest. The Cambodian presenters telling us about the kings are dumb asf and it proves right to what its s.e asian neighbours say about your country 🤭 sorry not. Those men explaning us shyt about the kings are wrong they dont know jack shyt. Its only speculation tbh. Theres nothing written except random gravings and sculptures. Aint no books or nun. Overall this doc couldve been presented better if they had legit historions. Maybe that 1 white guy is. Him and the brittish narrator seems sure. What country are u from?
Thank you for the video, because of the political corruption of the leadership, the country turned to communist. Thank to them I still have nightmares, I lost all my love ones, my relatives, my classmates, my neighbors,.etc. I am a killing field survivor.🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭
I am sorry for what you have been through. I have Khmer family who survived and I visited S-21 when I visited Cambodia to pay respects. Despite all the horrors of the past Cambodia still remains in my heart as a beautiful country and I hope you thrive !
@@khmeremperor1729 Would you mind expanding on this Idea? I would like to hear the perspective of a Cambodian as I generally avoid asking questions about this time to my family since it is traumatic. From what I have learned it seems King Sihanouk tried to play all sides at once to maintain and reclaim power, the US destabilized the country with airpower due to the so called "Ho-Chi Minh trail" killing many innocents which radicalized people into the Khmer Rouge and China supported Pol Pot as a way to extend the influence of Maoism ideologically and to prevent Vietnamese communists from expanding.
@@nicholasmiller7750 what you have learned is what I also have learned and I totally agree with everything you mentioned. We seems to have the same basic knowledge about what happened in Cambodia base on what we have collected all available informations. King Sihanouk had tried to play all sizes at once not only to maintain and reclaim his power but he may also tried to prevent the war from spreading to the whole Cambodia as well. Sihanouk might have also learned that America was fighting a losing war against the communist Vietnam and it’s supporters, namely , first China then the USSR. And in the event that America Lose the war and decides to leave Indochina, it may be wise to secretly make an acceptable deal with the North Vietnamese in order to maintain peace, stability and limit the growing number and power of the Khmer Rough who were back by the North Vietnamese. And America did lose the war and left. Unfortunately, Sihanouk was deposed and forced to take plan B as his original plan was then no longer will work. King Sihanouk might have also refused American demand to seal the border and prevent the North Vietnamese from using Cambodia’s soil known as Ho Chi Min Trail due to lack of fund, war machine and man power to do so without any help and support from America. In other word, America want Cambodia to help fight its war with her own expenses, Lon Nol era debt to America until today proved just that. There are many more reasons why/what Sihanouk have had done that I probably can write a book about it. But I’ll make a long story short and get back to your question about my comment above. The war in Vietnam basically is a war for unification of Vietnam, then it became a proxy war between the super powers, the free world against communism. America, China and USSR involvement in the war had destabilized the whole region and destroyed the whole Indochina. These super power has no business whatsoever in the Vietnamese war. And without their involvement the war in Vietnam will be short and soon ended, the bombing wouldn’t have happened in Cambodia, the Khmer Rough will have had no chance to win the war in Cambodia and there will be no movies called Killing Field in Cambodia. America picked the location and the actors then produced the killing field. And when the movie failed to get an award winning, everyone seems to put the blame on the actors, America who is a producer and a director is also pointing finger to the actors.
CIA had been busy in South East Asia at that time: Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, etc. And now Ukraine… unfortunately people still don’t learn histories and are bound to repeat the same mistake again and again.
People make mistakes and I have mixed feelings about his majesty. Yet again he IS our king so I suppose it's quite normal for us to respect him like that.
The people of Cambodia is so humble. They always smiles.
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The people of Cambodia *are (plural) very humble. They always *smile (singular) 😊
So does the devil.
That makes them Great and Good .
That’s our weakness
Cambodia is the most wonderful place. My husband took me there for my 50th birthday in 2015 and we have visited 5 times (if not for Covid, we would've been 7 times). I left my heart there on that first visit and must go back to reconnect with it. We have made lasting friendships and support the village at Phnom Krom and local school. The Khmer are the most beautifully spirited peoples. Every visit, we base ourselves at the same little hotel in Siem Reap and then trip around seeing temple sites, giant statues of the Buddha and waterfalls through different provinces. We love the history and the food but mostly, we travel there for the people. We are seriously considering retiring there in a few years. Most visitors are only in Siem Reap for 2-3 days, which is a real shame as they are missing out on such a rich culture by just seeing the main 2 temple sites and then flying out.
Wonderful. My late husband and I went to Cambodia on our honeymoon in 1993, and loved it so much we went again in 1997. A magical place, a wonderful people.
The temples 👍
1970-1993 full of crisis ,civil war ,fighting each other but you was brave to honeymoon in Cambodia. I admire you and your husband
Thank you so much for uploading this documentary. As a Khmer Rouge survivor myself, I completely understand the recurring nightmare that some of the survivors are going through.
Why do I see so many khmer women on youtube with Spanish or American last names? What is going on....
@@remhk6672 Are you triggered by this??
@@marinnajules2863 u sapungs are self-haters that's why... u think ur better than regular khmer folks.
@@remhk6672 🥴 bye
@@remhk6672 from what my aunt and mom told me, during the start of Khmer Rouge, many people tried to refuge to other countries for safety. Some of my relatives were able to refuge to France and we still keep in touch. My mom told me that at the time when they start telling people to moved out of their house, when people were moving forward, her relatives called her to go back but she can’t because of the crowd and if she managed to move back at that time she’d end up in France.
Good leadership leads to peace and prosperity. Poor leadership lead to suffering and death. I was in my high school in Phnom Penh when Pol Pot took over the country in 1975. Most of my family members did not survive after 1979. As I learned our Khmer history in school, it was always ended in bloodshed for power. A peace from Khmer in abroad!
Khmer are such beautiful people and such a beautiful country. In prayers one day, Khmer will see the freedom and glory of a true Nation again. Khmer children must seek education to achieve such come back. God blessed
@Viddhia Sirius Cambodia doesn't have millions Buddhist monks, where th did you get this information?
@Viddhia Sirius yes god blessed Cambodia 🇰🇭. I know you don’t think India or Nepal is that rich or beautiful of a country lol 😂
Thank you so much for this incredible documentary, we really appreciate the admiration and praise and how truthful you are. I hope more people will come to know and realize how incredible our nation truly is.
I shook the hand of the Prince of Cambodia and i felt i shook the hand of all Cambodia that day, i was humbled and honored. I will never forget i shook hand of Cambodian royalty.
The people of Cambodia is so humble. They always smiles.. The people of Cambodia is so humble. They always smiles..
This is such an amazing video. This help me feel more relate to my history, as a new generation i can't even imagine the pain they been through.
As an Asian American who is Cambodian and Chinese, I am truly thankful for you to tell us about this history because it just very interesting to learn and understand this. I wanted the people to know that Cambodia and other Southeast Asian Countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos) are existed or real..
all such beautiful countries.
Maybe you could explore monarchies that exist in Indonesia. Although Indonesia is a republic, many monarchies still exist in its territory. Two of which have a unique characteristic; House of Hamengkubuwana and House of Pakualam, since rulers of both houses hold real political power as governor and vice governor of the province of Yogyakarta. That makes Yogyakarta the only province ruled by a hereditary governor in Indonesia. House of Hamengkubuwana is especially in the spotlight currently since a princess maybe take the helm in the future as the first female monarch in its third-hundred-years history
Indonesia current monarchy are bullshit, they are sultanate, an ottoman dog, a living traitor who still surviving from their past rebellious muslim ancestor who were actually a commoner who rebelled against the Wise Dharmic Royalties
Wow I never expected that Indonesia to still have monarchies! Greetings from your northern neighbor the Philippines 🇵🇭.
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yes!!! yes!!! thank you!!! omg, I love you so much!!
Khmer proverb: a nation without a king is like a river without water, a woman without her clothing, a naked nation.
I am in loved with Cambodia, I hope to visit there again after this pandemic
Cambodia people is most nicest people I meet. so humble. smile and friendly. even invite me to they house for having a dinner. Cambodian people truly amazing
2:50 Wow it's similar to Javanese wayang. I've been to Indonesia several times to find out this traditional art play, and just know that Cambodian has similar art play to Javanese. And seeing other similarities like temples and royal tradition, I searched on google and find out their close historical relation that king Jayavarman of Khmer was born in Java when Shailendra dynasty from Sumatra took power over Java island. He came back to his ancestor's homeland in Cambodia and founded Khmer kingdom. That's wonderful history❤
I worked in Cambodia during the UN-backed elections from 1991-1993. Cambodia will always remain dear in my heart.
Thanks you, we Cambodian never get that much love
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Thank for doing video about Cambodia 🇰🇭🌷🙏
Nixon and Kessinger also messed up Jamaica 🇯🇲
Cambodia 🇰🇭 Kingdom Of Wonder
Watching this before my national exam next month, very helpful for understanding the messy history during the 20th century, thank you very much
Just imagine how magnificent Angor Wat would have been at it’s height. It’s still awe inspiring now so it must have been incredible.if only we had a time machine.
It seems that our countries always change for the worst not for the better.
I want to time travel to see how they built Angkor Wat and Khmer culture. 🙏🏼❤️
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@@linlynleen39 just go to Dubai.. it's the same thing...🤪☮️
Very informative documentary!!! Royalty has been part the Cambodian culture since ancient times also since the arrival of the Indian princely sage Kambu Swayambhuva aka Kaundinya. I hope the Khmer royalty would continue to exist since it's been part of the Cambodian culture.
Now, the period of Khmer suffering is ending. We’re getting piece and developing , Thank you the Freedom and Peaceful for Khmer people ✌️
unluckily, the king got corrupted and bad after angkor empire period.
@@squidwardleg don’t care khmer people are looking for a better future upon them
I am someone who has heard the name of Kings and PMs of Combodia and brutal reign of Khmer Rouge in current affair books while growing up and later in my 20s,this documentary gave much more depth in knowledge and information about the country which is a home to the world's biggest temple.
Peace which many of us take for granted has already great price which is paid by our ancestors in different forms. As a citizen of a democratic republic country,what Combodian people went through for centuries feels like a nightmare to me. I really admire and appreciate the grit and hard work of people who are trying to make things better.
Corruption has deep roots and it is not easy to get rid of it. But I do hope and pray that Combodian people get to taste the peace,prosperity and happiness in near future which stays with them for long.
4th in a row..watching your documentary about asia. Amazing work.
As a graduating student, i feel like there are lots of information which are not tought in schools but they exist in this video. For example, we were told that our prime minister was just a normal soldier before the Khmer Rough period and had no relation with any Khmer Rough army but he was trusted to run the country by the king. That's what i was told anyways.
Edit: especially if they are historical information
Today is claimbodia
I knew of Cambodia but nothing about it. Thank you for sharing
Thank you for share my country . Love this channel.
I watched this in 2021 and I can tell you that with everything we been through, we will continue to serve the throne. It doesn't matter where we are now because we never forget where we came from. Long Live the King 👑
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Thanks you so much teacher for sharing good knowledge of history my country 🇰🇭❤❤
This video is very accurate, very knowledgeable, and well made. Thank you so much for making this video. As a fellow Cambodian i love the king. He's the father of this nation, thanks to him that we can claim independence from France colonization. French treat us very bad. Cutting our land give to Vietnam, and trashing our lives by killing democracy. I don't blame him for fleeing this nation as war comes. He know what best for his country. Who stupid enough to stay and die? Who will rescue the country if he's dead? As long as he can live, we still have a chance. He thought a head for so many years. After years of civil war without receiving any help from the UN or NATO he still get our country back to it knee. It's been only 23 years 1998-2021 that we have full democracy from any country or civil war but we progress very well. You just can't hate the king Sihanouk. No matter what book from the west writing bad things about him, but the truth is still the truth, he's the father of Cambodia freedom. You can't deny that. Also for the people saying that he is not suitable to be a king, please look at Cambodia during 1960-1965 in which he act as Prime Minister of Cambodia. Cambodia at that time is developing very fast, corruption free, low illiteracy, low unemployment rate, no inflation, high gdp gnp, and very nice social health care. Phnom Penh at that time was considered as the Pearl city of Asia. There's tons of research, and evidence proving all of these statements. Also for the people that don't believe it you can ask every elder in Cambodia what was life in the Socialism era of king Sihanouk.
The same happened in Indonesia in 1965. President Sukarno was regarded too liberal by the US, because he let any parties incl. Communist Party to live side by side with the others. Civil war was erupted in Indonesia, killing hundreds of thousands. The coup d’etats in South East Asia were committed by CIA. Please watch the lectures about liberal hegemony by Prof. Mearsheimer, Chomsky and Cohen. If you have more time, please also watch on youtube 2 documentaries by Oliver Stone called Ukraine on Fire and Revealing Ukraine. The CIA was doing it again in Eastern Europe in 2014, resulting Ukraine/Russia conflict today. Georgia was the lucky one, it had escaped without bloodsheds.
Not a very good King. He left his people to suffer and kill while he and his families seek refuged. Not a good figure in modern history for this king unfortunately. Thank you for sharing the history of Khmer Monarch. This King loved to sing, dance, and all for his own happiness. This king was not an Angel on earth or the father of the nation. He was the father who abandoned his people. This is of course, my opinion. I love my people, my country, culture and tradition, but not my rulers during this modern time.
im cambodian, yes he left and do whatever he want but he has no power in doing anything. He is like the idol to follow but sadly, he didn't give morale to the people.
He didn’t abandon his people sure he help brought pol pot to power but pol pot betrayed him and put him in house arrest he want to be the king again he’s want to help his people remember norodom administration period the country was so wealthy and he was the one who gave independent to the country if it wasn’t for the war the country would be a wealthy nation and of course this is my opinion every Cambodian need to unite instead of fighting each other that could make the country stronger after the war we need to reborn as a country again
isn't that like every monarch
I disagree with your opinion. I am not saying Sihanouk was a 100% good and did not make any mistakes. However, he loved his people. A few things prove that he loved his people, one, he had helped Cambodia gain independence from France and two, he had tried to keep Cambodia neutral during the Vietnam War. When you speak of Sihanouk taking refuge in China, I wonder if you know or have learned the entire history at all. Sihanouk was ousted from power of March 1970 by Lon Nol and his cousin Sirik Matak while being abroad because of the Vietnam War. How do you expect him to return to Cambodia when a death sentence was placed on him?!!! During this time, the Cold War is happening not to mention the Vietnam War. So he sought refuge in China. Then in 1973 he returned to the jungle of Cambodia and worked with the Khmer Rouge to kick out the U.S. backed-"corrupted" Lon Nol regime and hoping to get his power back. The Khmer Rouge had promised that they would make him head of state. Of course they betrayed him in 1976 by making him step down and placed him under house arrest. The Khmer Rouge could killed him too just like 14 of his grandchildren by they didn't because he was in important figure. Did you know that when the Vietnamese tanks rolled into Phnom Penh in late 1978 that the Vietnamese were going to behead him??? The Khmer Rouge must've known this and they allowed him to escape to China just in the knick of time. Don't forget that assasination of Sihanouk's life was also attempted on by the South Vietnamese back in 1954 when they sent a bomb to the royal palace which instead killed a cousin of his.
With all the bad things that happened to Cambodia and her people, I want to say that Sihanouk can NOT be the only person to blame. There were many complicated factors involved. If you read the history well you would understand. Look at from the late 1950s and the rest of 1960s. Sihanouk's Sangkum Reastr Niyum era had made Cambodia industrialized and Cambodia had produced many talented artists. Sihanouk danced, composed musics, and made movies...why wouldn't you say he is talented?!!...
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I am pleased to hear that you knew about Cambodian History during this era. Indeed, King Sihanouk was talented in artsy entertainment. I am glad you see King Sihanouk in different prospect. Again, opinion and how people think of King Sihanouk during his ruling can be positive or negative with or without the history to back up. When you compared the death of King Sihanouk's 14 grandchildren to the death of a nation (about over 2 million people killed) is incomparable. As a father to his nation, he should not have fled his country to seek refuse while knowing that his people are being massacred. The fact is that he fled the country and his so called beloved people with his talented and gift. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom. Peace:)
Khmer Empire Civilization were larger than the Byzantine Empire ( Roman Empire) that existed around the same time ! Khmer Empire were heavily influential Civilization their Art Martial , cultural
Dance , traditional clothings as many designs outfits were inspired and embrace by neighboring people then adopted into their own culture . These ancient historical monuments were surrounded of golds and minerals but foreigners invasion, looters had left Angkor Wat empty. I’m so honor to be Kun Khmer descend. 🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🪷🪷🪷🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️
None but Vietnamese army who stepped in right time to stop the khmer rough, otherwise, not 2 millions but even more had been killed. Cambodia is in peace and good development now.I visited this country once and definitely fall in love with Cambodian people and great angkor culture. I wish the best for its people and believe the Cambodia is no doubt, will make its way to prosperous country very soon. Cheer from Viet Nam.
This was 10 years ago, so much has changed. I was there in 2009 and 2019 and its like a diffrent country now.
Me from Southindia . I realised y's Combu peoples feelings , Cambodian culture & Traditional & life style always rememmbring Indian Bharamin's culture ! King Suriya varmaa also belong's from our Manipure dynacity ! GREAT 👌🙏🇮🇳🇰🇭🙏
Our king 🤴 JAI suriya varmaa is come from India that why’s the king build ankor wat and the Buddha come to Cambodia teaching the cultural in Cambodia 🇰🇭 because meaning is karpuchea and Cambodia people are Hindu Buddhism 🕉 ☸️ Brahma Vishnu shiva and Buddha Father is the Hindu king 🤴 and lots of people don’t really understand that Kh’mai language is half of it is Sanskrit and Hindi and the newers generation keep speaking slank language and forgetting the original language and respecting ✊ and no cure racy for others 🙏🙏🙏🕉☸️🧡🇰🇭💯🌹
JAI Suriya varmaa
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i can assure u that all Varaman kings in Khmer kingdom are Khmer Hindu not Indian , stop taking credit from Khmer people.
@@ចំនេះដឹងថ្មី no nothing they were interduced a beautiful culture from our Manipuri varmaa dynasity ☝️
@@kaminipriya2081 @kamini priya @kamini priya right we a heavyly influenced by Hindu but doesn't make Khmer kings Indian.
Hope to visit this country and meet those humble people.
Thank for this accurate and informative documentary.
So much history is learned through this one video
I notice that so many people have seen pictures of Cambodian temples but never knew what country the temples are at.
@Green That's a province-
Thank for your sharing around the world about my country🥰🙏🙏
Great information! Thanks for the video
Thanks for shearing this documentary to the others .
Nice Documentary ! Thank from Cambodia
Very interesting. Thank you.
Detailed and interesting film on Cambodia.
Great documentary. It made me cry 😥. I always knew the vietnamese invasion is what ended the Khmer rouge regime and brutal killings but I never knew exactly how and why the khmer rouge came into so much power at that time. Now I know why. King Sihounouk Norodom gave power to them because of the Vietnam war and the bombing by the U.S in Cambodia. My parents are survivor. I sometimes wonder how my country would be thriving if he didn't make one wrong decision to side with the khmer rouge or if the US didn't bomb Cambodia that caused him to seek help from them. Perhaps if he didn't seek independence from France, this probably wouldn't happen.
The CIA should’ve kept their dirty hands to themselves instead of interfering with other nations’ political interests i.g: Vietnam, Indonesia to name a few in South East Asia; Nicaragua, Chile, etc. in South America, etc.
If you want to pin-point the exact trigger, then it was the US bombing Cambodia. The US had no real reason to extend the Vietnam war into Cambodia at that time. Looking back , it was the wrong decision. But what other options did he have at that time? Could he have foreseen that his own countryman could become so bloodthirsty? He was expecting to be handed back his kingdom quickly, not be usurped. The Vietnamese ultimately betrayed Cambodia too and invaded Cambodia.
@@Wann-zo7rn2qn4i I agree. He has no options. I’m not saying the Vietnamese are the hero either. Even the Thai government at that time tortured the Cambodian refugees from stories I’ve heard.
Thanks for this documentary!
Special thank you
Thank for your sharing around worldwide about my country, I do really love your channel ❣️🙏
Thank you very much for the video.
Thank you for a great Khmer history.
Thanks for this video
Thank you very much!
Thanks for sharing this wonderful documentary video about history of Cambodia. These video is so detailed and precise about the facts of Cambodia.
Thank you very much for making the Cambodia s history . Sihanu destroyed Cambidia !! He just under Vietnam and China.
Lon Nol and Sarimatak worked hard for Cambodia. but Sihanu is evil in Camboda.
@Parmis Qwertin he is right!
Cheers and Vivat ! Glory and Long-Live for his Majesty King Sihamoni and the Crown !
Respect my king 👑 🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭 Everything he did was truly for the khmer nations.
Why he run to China
Nothing wrong but a supreme righteous man would never leave his ppl behind and go on television to televise that he will not return to his kingdom because of civil unrest….
@@MoneyAffiliated because CIA was messing around in South East Asia at that time incl. in Indonesia. The coup d’etat in Indonesia in 1965 caused a civil war where hundreds and thousands people died. The exact copy of what is happening now in Ukraine. The presidential coup in 2014 and Maidan Revolution were the exact copies of Libya, Iran, etc. Please watch lectures on liberal hegemony by Prof. Mearsheimer, Chomsky and Cohen. Also pls watch 2 documentaries by Oliver Stone on youtube called Ukraine on Fire and Revealing Ukraine. Same things, different era. Georgia was lucky, they escaped without bloodshed.
Very informative. Very well researched.
I love Angkor Wat, amazingly built by ancient Khmer people
เขมรไม่สร้าง แต่ยังไปลบประวัติศาสตร์ที่จารึกในกำแพงนครวัดให้เสียหาย
2021. During Covid 19. Some areas are lookdown and stayhome staysafe watching the old video that say about my nation.
I appreciate these unbias documentary, and have understand more of VN and Cambodia tension, make sense when you understand the circumstance too.
That being said, the Prince in exile was staying at China during the entire ordeal, China Communist party support the Khmer Rouge, and Pol Pot was a Maoist...
This cause some concern...
Well anyway, i hope Cambodia doing better in this current era, friendly hello from VN.
My grandpa was Vietnamese and my grandpa's grandmother was also mixed vietnamese and cambodian. Before khmer rouge they would go back and forth through the border to buy food or meet relatives :) The family were professors and teachers in pnomh penh and most survived by lying except my grandpa who admitted he was a teacher. My Dad's Cambodian chinese parents sadly were killed :(
I was born in the U.S. and we have a lot of Vietnamese friends and relatives. The family isn't the fondest of Vietnam (but they dislike Chinese government 100× more) because of stuff that happened during Vietnam War, but we're happy that Vietnamese can live happily and is united into a wonderful country.
Cambodia is not in a good shape right now and it's very sad, but I apologize on behalf of the rude cambodians and hope one day Cambodia will break free from this corruption and that our people will live happily together again :>
Best wishes
Asian monarchies are culturally rich and colourful.
So, It was Sihanouk, the revered king of all the Cambodian, who welcomed the Khmer Rouge to his Cambodian subject...What a devoting royal.
Your Intelligence is very limited, it is a miracle to be born but you waste your precious life by being stupid instead!
@@yaso2222 Instead some stupids try very hard to convince the world that their lord’s bet for regaining his power back by millions of his people lifes was a decent decision and should not be blame.
Coz u are A THAI EXPANSIONIST PROPAGANDA.
Sihanu destroyed Cambodia by get Vetnam to be his boss. Vetnames Hojiming is the God s father of Sihanu . Sihanu made the tricked to to kill Cambodia by made killing field milions millions of Cambodians got kiled in 1975to 1979 more than 4/5 milions and untill now still got killing everyday by Vietnamess s spy !!!please some justice around the worlds may help Cambodia from Communist Veitnam and China. Please
Why did he welcome the Khmer Rouge??!!! You should ask yourself that first and do some research before making foolish comment!!! Go learn about the wars, the First War of Indochina, the Second War of Indochina aka the Vietnam War, and the Cambodian Civil War.
Now I understand why this Cambodian doughnut shop owner i knew in East Tx once was so sweet and humble and cool he had a amazing personality and really good doughnuts and if you were short a quarter he'd still give you the doughnut and tell you next time bring it or buy a doughnut for a hungry person his shop was always closed at certain hours of the day his family i think were always at the Catholic church mass then they'd come back to their shop.. they fled in the 70s and was able to get whats left of their family here in the 90s..very sweet folks and they were like don't gripe about America your country is amazing compared to what we left... really puts things into perspective..and trust me I wasn't trying to be funny or stereotypical this guy actually had a doughnut and coffee shop and just a sweet guy and his family 😊
Thanks for this video! This is my culture and heritage too! :)
When happiness is continually fueling their society, their Monarchy leadership becomes perfected.
28:12 he made me smile :D
I am so proud of my Cambodian wife!
អរគុណចំពោះការផ្សព្វផ្សាយពីខ្មែរ thanks for you 🙏🙏🙏
There are many great historical stories that remain a mystery. This is due to the negligence of my people. It is unfortunate that we do not take good care of our historical evidence. What we know most of Historically, we only have ancient stone carvings that are the basis for research as evidence. However, we are very proud.
We did record many important events,but due to constant war during the 15th century,many documents were either burned, confiscated,or abandoned. After the fall of Angkor,many scholars move to writing inscriptions on palm leaf instead,and palm leaf being a natural product,if left uncheck would decompose.
So interresting, i didn't even know there were still monarchies outside of europe or the middle east
May the King of Cambodia from now onwards be The Stablising Force for The Nation of Kampuchea in The Best Interest of Peace and Harmony for The People of Kampuchea to Develop into a Progressive Nation of Asean. Vive la Kampuchea!!!
great videos, and big thanks for your sharing this Cambodia History
At 36:00, he is my relative. He, my mom, and my aunt always tell about their lives during the Khmer rough to all the children to know.
I love how thailand and Cambodia have kings. I love cool ethnic traditions like this that helps keep nations different and unique.
thank you for teaching history for cambodia ។
For those watching this I would suggest also a video by Noam Chomsky regarding the number of people who were murder by the Khmer Rouge.
❤❤❤ love Cambodia 🇰🇭
Cambodia was a elected monarchy,which is elected by the Council of Rulers who become monarchs from the line blood of Norodom and Sisowath
Most European and Asian countries know their history and THERE SHOULD BE ZERO GUESSING about it if the proper research is done.
Cambodia they always smiling I love their style
Cambodia say smile make people happy in friendship
Love from kalinga India ❤
The background song being sung in the Apsaras dance for tourists has vlear south Indian classical dance tune.😊
I can relate with our Tripuri (Tripura state of Northeast India) culture as we were Hindu but Bengali ( refugee of the 1972 war from Bangladesh) seems to claim as there were no proper records of the kingdom Tripura there were books written by Indian scholar Rabindranath Tagore the book title Rajmala
Ive visited cambodia , i had a good convo with cambodian bus driver as he said the government is corrupt and the king better not to say.. God Bless the beautiful people of cambodia..
Wow this sucks. Being a Cambodian American, and watching this hurts my heart. CAMBODIA HAD NO BREAK. With greed and Power. Back to Back ppl trying to rule a country that had no chance. But we are STRONG!!!
“the pain of the people is the pain of the king", but the palace of the king is not the house of people
Ikr? Dont wanna be rude but honest. The Cambodian presenters telling us about the kings are dumb asf and it proves right to what its s.e asian neighbours say about your country 🤭 sorry not. Those men explaning us shyt about the kings are wrong they dont know jack shyt. Its only speculation tbh. Theres nothing written except random gravings and sculptures. Aint no books or nun. Overall this doc couldve been presented better if they had legit historions. Maybe that 1 white guy is. Him and the brittish narrator seems sure.
What country are u from?
They got a point tho
Such beauty in the art
Much respect
Nice country,nice people,nice place,nice vdo !!
They are fighting for their democracy now. Hopefully it gets resolved. God loves the Cambodian people and so do I.
Love Khmer Culture ❤️🙏🏼
Ummm, it was the Khmer culture who killed millions of Cambodians. No, we don't love their culture.
Thank you for the video, because of the political corruption of the leadership, the country turned to communist.
Thank to them I still have nightmares, I lost all my love ones, my relatives, my classmates, my neighbors,.etc.
I am a killing field survivor.🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭
I am also one of the killing field survivor, but I blame the outside players for destroying Cambodia.
I am sorry for what you have been through. I have Khmer family who survived and I visited S-21 when I visited Cambodia to pay respects. Despite all the horrors of the past Cambodia still remains in my heart as a beautiful country and I hope you thrive !
@@khmeremperor1729 Would you mind expanding on this Idea? I would like to hear the perspective of a Cambodian as I generally avoid asking questions about this time to my family since it is traumatic. From what I have learned it seems King Sihanouk tried to play all sides at once to maintain and reclaim power, the US destabilized the country with airpower due to the so called "Ho-Chi Minh trail" killing many innocents which radicalized people into the Khmer Rouge and China supported Pol Pot as a way to extend the influence of Maoism ideologically and to prevent Vietnamese communists from expanding.
@@nicholasmiller7750 what you have learned is what I also have learned and I totally agree with everything you mentioned. We seems to have the same basic knowledge about what happened in Cambodia base on what we have collected all available informations. King Sihanouk had tried to play all sizes at once not only to maintain and reclaim his power but he may also tried to prevent the war from spreading to the whole Cambodia as well. Sihanouk might have also learned that America was fighting a losing war against the communist Vietnam and it’s supporters, namely , first China then the USSR. And in the event that America Lose the war and decides to leave Indochina, it may be wise to secretly make an acceptable deal with the North Vietnamese in order to maintain peace, stability and limit the growing number and power of the Khmer Rough who were back by the North Vietnamese. And America did lose the war and left. Unfortunately, Sihanouk was deposed and forced to take plan B as his original plan was then no longer will work. King Sihanouk might have also refused American demand to seal the border and prevent the North Vietnamese from using Cambodia’s soil known as Ho Chi Min Trail due to lack of fund, war machine and man power to do so without any help and support from America. In other word, America want Cambodia to help fight its war with her own expenses, Lon Nol era debt to America until today proved just that. There are many more reasons why/what Sihanouk have had done that I probably can write a book about it. But I’ll make a long story short and get back to your question about my comment above. The war in Vietnam basically is a war for unification of Vietnam, then it became a proxy war between the super powers, the free world against communism. America, China and USSR involvement in the war had destabilized the whole region and destroyed the whole Indochina. These super power has no business whatsoever in the Vietnamese war. And without their involvement the war in Vietnam will be short and soon ended, the bombing wouldn’t have happened in Cambodia, the Khmer Rough will have had no chance to win the war in Cambodia and there will be no movies called Killing Field in Cambodia. America picked the location and the actors then produced the killing field. And when the movie failed to get an award winning, everyone seems to put the blame on the actors, America who is a producer and a director is also pointing finger to the actors.
CIA had been busy in South East Asia at that time: Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, etc. And now Ukraine… unfortunately people still don’t learn histories and are bound to repeat the same mistake again and again.
That was interested,Amazing history.
Is there any details on the director of the documentry
Miss my king so much 😢😢😢😢 when I see this video 😢
1:34 MISS MY KING SO MUCH 🙇🏻♀️💙❤️🤍
Why? He’s a Khmer Rouge.. he created gorilla armies , billion live was slaughtered..
People make mistakes and I have mixed feelings about his majesty. Yet again he IS our king so I suppose it's quite normal for us to respect him like that.