January 7th

On January 7th thirty years ago the Khmer Rouge regime officially ended.

It was the end of about 4 years of horror for Cambodia. (I mentioned the beginning of it here,

and the genocide museum here.)

It is a controversial holiday as the saviours of Cambodia were the Vietnamese thought of as

"traditional enemies"of Cambodia. In the lead up to Victory day there was a foiled bomb plot, 

talk of tighten security and various people giving their opinion about whether Cambodia 

should celebrate this day 

or not (Were Cambodians liberated from the Khmer Rouge or invaded by another power?), 

and a cartoon. Some photos from the days celebrations

are here: Celebration of Vietnamese Invasion and Occupation. And more about today here:

The Khmer Rouge came to power in 1975 and is accused of killing millions through overwork, execution or starvation before it was ousted by a Hanoi-backed military force in January 1979.

(the KI media site has more, I took the photo in R'kiri)