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Cambodia wins its independence from France. Under King Sihanouk, it becomes the kingdom of Cambodia -
Beginnings of the Khmer Rouge
The communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) is formed out of the growing oppositiion to rule of King Sihanouk. King Sihanouk nicknames the CPK "Red Khmer" -
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The laos goverment fled to Cambodia as the captial city of Vietam was engulfed in war -
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Cambodia severed ties with south vietnam -
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Sihanouk breaks off relations with the US and allows North Vietnamese guerrillas against the US-backed goverment in South Vietnam -
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Prime Minister Lon Nol overthrows Sihanouk in coup. He proclaiams the Khymer Republic and sends the army to fight North Vietnamese in Cambodia. Sihanouk- in exile in china- forms a guerrilla movement. Over the next few years the Cambodian army loses territory against the North Vietnamese and commmunist Khmer Rouge guerrillas -
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Sihanouk is deposed -
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The Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, occupies Phnom Penh -
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The country is re titled Democratic Kampuchea -
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War breaks out with Vietnam -
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Opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) agrees to end its year-long boycott of parliament as part of an agreement with prime minister Hun Sen to break the deadlock over the disputed 2013 parliamentary election. -
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The people's republic of Kampuchea is established -
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Vietnamese forces take Phnom Penh -
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Vietnamese troops withdraw and the country is re-named the State of Cambodia -
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Pol Pot, former leader of Khmer Rouge, dies in forest hideout, never brought to trial. -
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The death of Pol Pot -
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Elderly King Sihanouk turns monarchy over to son, King Sihamoni, but real political power is held by former Khmer Rouge officer. -
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Former Khmer Rouge leader Kaing Guek Eav known as Duch goes on trial on charges of presiding over the murder and torture of thousands of people as head of the notorious Tuol Sleng prison camp. -
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Comrade Duch is found guilty of crimes against huamanity and given 35-year prison sentence -
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Goverment suspends the granting of land for development by private companies in a bid to curb evictions and illegal logging. -
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Opposition leader Sam Rainsy returns from exile. -
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More than 150,000 Cambodian workers return home from neighbouring Thailand after rumors circulate that the new military
junta there will crack down on illegal migrants -
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A UN-backed court in Cambodia sentences two senior Khmer Rouge leaders to life in prison for their role in the terror that swept the country in the 1970's the two, second in command Nuon Chea, and former head of state Khieu Samphan, are the first top Khymer Rouge figures to be jailed. -
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Prime Minister Hun Sen marks thirty years in power