Ask anybody over thirty-five what they know about Cambodia and the most likely answer will be "Pol Pot", especially if they recall the The Dead Kennedys' unholy 1980 cult hit. On the other hand quiz someone younger, and you're more likely to turn up "Lara Croft" or "Tomb Raider".

Cambodia, sometimes known as Kampuchea, certainly has a chequered and tragic past extending, not just back to the late 20th Century, but hundreds of years to the time of the enigmatic Khmers and earlier.

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