Cambodia,
Thailand
and Burma
Cy Woods HS
2011
Cambodia in Pictures
Royal Palace
Buddhist Monks
Hmong girls Angkor Wat Temple
Cambodia
•From 1975 to 1979, dictator
Pol Pot carried out a genocide of
The Khmer (ethnic group of
most
Cambodian people)
•People targeted included:
- Professionals
- Buddhists and Christians
Pol Pot - 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.
Khmer Rouge Soldiers, 1970s
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
King Norodom Sihamoni help Cambodia’s
being crowned by his
economy in the
father King Sihanouk
future.
Rice paddy, Cambodia
Cambodia
Angkor Wat
Cambodia’s most visited
tourist attraction
Thailand in Pictures
• Formerly
called the Thailand
Kingdom of
Siam, now a
constitutional
monarchy. Buddhist monk
Siamese Cat
Chang and Eng Bunker
Kayan Tribeswoman
Royal Palace
Thailand Today
• Tsunami destroyed beach
resorts catering to international
travelers in southern Thailand
December 2004.
Protests by anti-government
forces loyal to a former prime
minister have led to tension in this
usually peaceful country
Burma in Pictures
Burmese rubies
Burma
Because of its isolation from
A cyclone in 2008 killed
much of the world, more than 130,000
infrastructure in Burma is people,
crumbling and the economy many from starvation
is mostly agriculture based. and
Disease because the
The military government is
government would not
also accused of trafficking in allow
Opium poppies/heroin. 90% of the world’s International aid
rubies come from organizations
Burma to help.
Burma Today
Nobel Peace Prize winner and
pro-democracy activist
In 2007, Buddhist monks protested Aung San Suu Kyi was
against the repressive rule of the under house arrest for 20 years
military junta. for her stance against the military
Government. Released in late 2010.
Aung San Suu Kyi