Cambodia, Thailand and Burma

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Cambodia, Thailand and Burma

• Cy Woods HS

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Cambodia in Pictures
Royal Palace
Buddhist Monks
Angkor Wat Temple
Hmong girls
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Cambodia

• From 1975 to 1979, the leader of the communist
  Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot, carried out a genocide of
• the Khmer elite (anyone who was not an illiterate
  farmer). He and his group wanted to establish a
  classless, communist regime based on rice
  farming.
• People targeted included
• Professionals
• Buddhists and Christians
• People who lived in cities
• Even people with glasses (because it was assumed
  they were literate)
• An estimated 2 million of the
• population of 7 million was either massacred or
  starved to death.

Pol Pot
Khmer Rouge Soldiers, 1970s
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Cambodia Today

• Cambodia today is a country ruled by a
  constitutional monarchy with more than half its
  people involved in agriculture. Recently, oil and
  gas deposits were found that may help Cambodias
  economy in the future. (once they rebuild their
  infrastructure)

King Norodom Sihamoni being crowned by his father
King Sihanouk
Rice paddy, Cambodia Click on photo for video
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Cambodia
Angkor Wat Cambodias most visited tourist
attraction
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Thailand in Pictures
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Thailand

• Formerly called the Kingdom of Siam, now a
  constitutional monarchy.

Buddhist monk
Siamese Cat
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Chang and Eng Bunker
Kayan Tribeswoman
Royal Palace
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Thailand Today
Human trafficking is a huge problem in Thailand
and other Southeast Asian countries. Often sold
by the poor families to brothels in large cities.
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Thailand Today

• King Bhumibohl is the longest ruling monarch in
  the world (almost 69 years) and is suffering from
  ill health. Although a constitutional monarchy,
  it is unlawful to disrespect the monarchy.

Protests by anti-government forces loyal to a
former prime minister have led to tension in this
usually peaceful country. She has recently been
charged with negligence in a rice subsidy scheme.
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Burma in Pictures
Click on photo for video about democracy
Burmese rubies
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Burma(Myanmar)
A cyclone in 2008 killed more than 130,000
people, many from starvation and Disease
because the government would not allow
international aid organizations to help.

• Because of its isolation from
• much of the world,
• infrastructure in Burma is
• crumbling and the economy
• is mostly agriculture based.
• The military government is
• also accused of trafficking
• In opium poppies/heroin.

90 of the worlds rubies come from Burma
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Burma Today
Click on photo for trailer of movie about her
life

• Nobel Peace Prize winner and
• pro-democracy activist
• Aung San Suu Kyi was
• under house arrest for 20 years
• for her stance against the military
• Government. Released in late 2010. She
• is now a leader of the opposition.

In 2007, Buddhist monks protested against the
repressive rule of the military junta. Many
disappeared Shortly thereafter.
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Aung San Suu Kyi
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What do you remember?

• Which three countries made up Indochina?
• Which two countries are constitutional
  monarchies?
• What was Thailand known as in the 1800s?
• What country is known for exporting rubies and
  opium?
• Which country was ruled by a military junta until
  recently?

• Who were the Khmer Rouge? Why did they target
  intellectuals?
• Who was Pol Pot?
• What is Angkor Wat?
• Aung San Suu Kyi has been compared to what famous
  South Asian leader?
• Burma is also known as________________