Democratic Kampuchea

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Democratic Kampuchea was the brutal communist regime led by the Khmer Rouge under Pol Pot that ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 and was responsible for the deaths of roughly a quarter of the country’s population.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf communist regime ⓘ
former country ⓘ
one-party socialist state ⓘ
adversary People's Republic of Kampuchea ⓘ
Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
allies People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China
borderConflictWith Vietnam ⓘ
linked to: Viet Nam
capital Phnom Penh ⓘ
coatOfArms Emblem of Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Cambodia ⓘ
currency Riel ⓘ
deFactoLeader Pol Pot ⓘ
defenceMinister Son Sen ⓘ
endTime 1979-01-07 ⓘ
flag Flag of Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
followedBy People's Republic of Kampuchea ⓘ
foreignMinister Ieng Sary ⓘ
governmentType one-party communist state ⓘ
headOfGovernment Pol Pot ⓘ
headOfState Khieu Samphan ⓘ
historicalEra Cold War ⓘ
ideology Khmer nationalism ⓘ
Maoism ⓘ
Stalinism ⓘ
linked to: Stalin era

agrarian socialism ⓘ
anti-intellectualism ⓘ
internationalRecognition retained Cambodia's UN seat after 1979 for several years ⓘ
leader Pol Pot ⓘ
legislature Kampuchean People's Representative Assembly ⓘ
motto Nation, Religion, King (nominally retained) ⓘ
notableEvent Cambodian genocide ⓘ
notableSite S-21 Tuol Sleng prison ⓘ
officialLanguage Khmer ⓘ
policy abolition of markets ⓘ
abolition of money ⓘ
establishment of rural labor camps ⓘ
forced collectivization of agriculture ⓘ
isolationism ⓘ
mass forced evacuations of cities ⓘ
persecution of intellectuals ⓘ
persecution of religious groups ⓘ
populationLoss approximately 1.5 to 2 million people ⓘ
precededBy Khmer Republic ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
responsibleFor Cambodian genocide ⓘ
rulingParty Communist Party of Kampuchea ⓘ
Khmer Rouge ⓘ
securityApparatus Santebal ⓘ
startTime 1975-04-17 ⓘ

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Cambodian–Vietnamese War → belligerent → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Cambodian Civil War → hasParticipant → Democratic Kampuchea (as insurgent movement) ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Kampuchea
Cambodian Civil War → hasParticipant → Communist Party of Kampuchea ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Kampuchea
Cambodian Civil War → followedBy → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Khmer Rouge → officialStateName → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Khmer Rouge → governedEntity → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Kampuchean Revolutionary Army → country → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Kampuchean Revolutionary Army → governingRegime → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Fall of Phnom Penh (17 April 1975) → relatedTo → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Pol Pot → headOfGovernment → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Nuon Chea → employer → Democratic Kampuchea government ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Kampuchea
Khieu Samphan → government → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
People's Republic of Kampuchea → predecessor → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
People's Republic of Kampuchea → UNSeatHeldBy → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum → associatedWithEvent → Democratic Kampuchea period ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Kampuchea
Year Zero → associatedWithRegime → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Ieng Sary → participantIn → Democratic Kampuchea regime ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Kampuchea
Ieng Sary → workLocation → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Communist Party of Kampuchea → ruledEntity → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Son Sen → employer → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Flag of Democratic Kampuchea → country → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Flag of Democratic Kampuchea → usedBy → Democratic Kampuchea government ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Kampuchea
Flag of Democratic Kampuchea → associatedWith → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Khmer Republic → successor → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Cambodian genocide → location → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Santebal → country → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Santebal → jurisdiction → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
CGDK → precededBy → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
RAK → partOf → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
RAK → associatedWith → Democratic Kampuchea government ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Kampuchea
Ta Mok → workLocation → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Ta Mok → country → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Emblem of Democratic Kampuchea → country → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Emblem of Democratic Kampuchea → adoptedBy → Democratic Kampuchea government ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Kampuchea
President of the State Presidium of Democratic Kampuchea → partOf → government of Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Kampuchea
Nuon Chea → participatedIn → Democratic Kampuchea regime ⓘ
subject linked to: Brother Number Two
linked to: Democratic Kampuchea
Khieu Samphan → participantIn → Democratic Kampuchea government ⓘ
subject linked to: Samphan
linked to: Democratic Kampuchea
Khieu Samphan → workLocation → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
subject linked to: Samphan
Khmer Rouge naval forces → country → Democratic Kampuchea ⓘ
Khmer Rouge naval forces → allegiance → Democratic Kampuchea government ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Kampuchea
People's Republic of Kampuchea government → replaced → Democratic Kampuchea government ⓘ
linked to: Democratic Kampuchea