Phnom Penh

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Obama and his team a tour of Phnom Penh before talking about labor standards. The problem that he identifies is that Americans are often shocked to hear that sweatshops exploit people, but are flabbergasted when they find out that they do not exploit enough. Kristof explains to the readers why sweatshops play a vital role in the lives of many people who live in foreign countries. Kristof’s first goal is to leave the reader with a visual of what it is like to live in Phnom Penh. From the examples of children

on sweatshops. Kristof wants to persuade his audience, Obama and his team, along with others who are for “labor standards”, that the best way to help people in poor countries is to promote manufacturing there, not campaign against them. He uses Phnom Penh as an example to show why working in the sweatshops is a dream for the families there. They would rather work at a sweatshop than stay in the dangerous garbage dump, searching for something to recycle for change. The writer establishes credibility

family of eight children. She was a daughter of a former member of the Cambodian Royal secret service and they lived in Phnom Penh. Loung's father loved gambling and used to win most of the times until the day he went too far and bet all his money and house on a game to the extent of almost losing his own family. The Khmer rouge was a group of communists who stormed Phnom Penh city in 1975 which forced the Ung family to flee their home and move from one village to another in order for them to hide

Cambodia. They killed up to 150,000 Cambodian peasants. By the hundreds and thousands peasants left the countryside and settled in Phnom Penh. All these events helped Pol Pot rise in popularity. On April 17, 1975 Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge marched into Phnom Penh and took control of the

a society that the leader of the Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot, wanted Cambodia to adapt. In order to do carry out his plan, he made everyone become farmers and started the genocide by evacuating the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. On April 17th, 1975, the Khmer Rouge Army stormed into Phnom Penh and forced two million people to the countryside. They ruled Cambodia until 1979

Evaluate the impact of the Khmer Rouge on Cambodian society from 1975-1979 Cambodia became one huge labor camp under the Khmer Rouge. After deposing Lon Nol on 1975, the Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot began one of the most brutal regimes in human history. This not only changed the Cambodian society but also ultimately destroyed it. This was due to the extreme vision of communism, which Pol Pot wanted to implement for a perfect and a peaceful society. Prince Norodom Sihanouk always tried to maintain

The Pol Pot Rule of Cambodia "The worst blow fell in 1975, when the Khmer Rouge (red Khmer) guerrillas under the leadership of Pol Pot overthrew the Khmer Republic and established Democratic Kampuchea." The Khmer Rouge were, at least partially, a reaction to the loss of political power and the social disorder brought on by the regional wars of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as an extreme and localized response to the growing question of Khmer identity in a region dominated and fought over by

There aren’t many things in this world that are worse than war. The proliferation of violence and the deliberate destruction of human beings in the twentieth century were all made possible by various groups and individuals. Conformity, prejudice, and desperation among populations all contribute to violence and mass murder, but often the other side of the coin goes unnoticed. The groups and individuals responsible can of course escalate acts of mass violence, but they also have the power to stop

The Cambodia of the late 19th and 20th century was a far cry from the once great Khmer Empire famous for its engagement in ambitious state projects such as the building of Angkor Wat. In 1884, France integrated Cambodia into its Indochinese colony. France lost its grip on Cambodia in 1941 to Japanese invasion during World War II but attempted to gain it back at the war's end. At the conclusion 1954 Geneva Accords that concluded the eight-year-long First Indochina War, Cambodia gained its independence