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History’s horror in Phnom Penh

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FROM CLASSROOM TO HELL: This picture shows the brick prison cells inside S-21 prison. Once a neighbourhood high school, the building was seized by Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge and turned into a prison. Picture by Mike Yardley

Mike Yardley embarks on a poignant voyage through Phnom Penh, where the beauty of its Buddhist heritage intertwines with the chilling shadows of the Khmer Rouge regime.

Located at the confluence of the mighty Mekong and Tonlé Sap rivers, the very name Phnom Penh conjures up an image of the exotic. I recently visited Cambodia’s capital with Emerald Cruises on their magnificent week-long float f...

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