Modern Cambodia witnessed a series of important events in the 1970s, the most significant being the formal declaration of the Khmer Republic on October 9, 1970. The administration was forcefully acquired by General Lon Nol and Prince Sisowath Sirik Matak. In an organised coup against the then Country’s Chief of State, Norodom Sihanouk. After Sihanouk … Continue reading When the Kingdom of Cambodia became the Khmer Republic