STORY OF THE DAY • Mar 18, 2020 • 8 min read
Cambodian history The 50-year legacy
By
Samantha McCabe and Andrew Haffner
• Mar 18, 2020
50 years ago on March 18 1970, Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihanouk was overthrown in what is widely regarded a bloodless coup by military general Lon Nol. The tragic events that befell Cambodia in the decade after would go on to shape the Kingdom for generations, with the effects still visible to this day