Genocide and Poverty in Cambodia

The situation in Cambodia, and especially Phnom Penh is dire. After 25 years of war and horrific genocide, the city was left with deep wounds and is still working to rebuild after the complete breakdown of society. The people are exceptionally poor; impoverished to the point that the country’s own currency, the Riel, is not accepted because it has been so devalued. Cambodia’s currency may as well be the American dollar as even their ATM machines dispense only that.

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