Kingdom of Cambodia

CAMBODIA

Cambodia has a geographical area of 181,035 sq. km., it is a forest-covered state of south-west Indo-China on Mekong river with its estimated population of 14,494,293. Phnom Penh is the capital of Cambodia. Cambodians have a rich agricultural potential. The last 25 years of war, the race murders and greed government have became the cause of poverty in most of the population. The major economic activities are receiving international aid.

Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy. They have the powerful kingdoms from 1st and 14th Centuries. In 1970-1975, a tragic victim of Vietnam war opened the way for the extreme Marxist Khmer Rouge to take over, then followed by the one of the most savage murder in 20th Century. Almost all of the former military personnel, civil servants, educated or wealthy people and their families were killed. They had international efforts to bring democracy with elections in 1993 and 1998 were super expensive and manipulated by the leader named Hun Sen. After 1998, there has been no further warfare. The year, they became member of ASEAN.

Buddhism has been the national religion since 15th Century. The Khmer Rouge tried to eradicate all religion, over 90% of Buddhist monks and Christians perished. Since 1978 there have been periods of more tolerance but only since 1990 have Christians been allowed to worship openly. And as of now, there is an increasing freedom of religion for Cambodians.