Part of Cambodian genocide Cambodian–Vietnamese War Cambodian humanitarian crisis
Dangrek Mountain Range
Location
Cambodia–Thailand border
Date
8 June 1979
Target
Sino-Khmer refugees in Thailand
Attack type
Genocide, death march
Deaths
400–10,000
Perpetrators
Royal Thai Army Khmer Rouge Vietnam
The Dangrek genocide, also known as the Preah Vihear pushback, is a border incident which took place along the Dangrek Mountain Range on the Thai-Cambodian border which resulted in the death of many mostly Sino-Khmer refugees who were refused asylum by the Kingdom of Thailand in June 1979.
The Dangrekgenocide, also known as the Preah Vihear pushback, is a border incident which took place along the Dangrek Mountain Range on the Thai-Cambodian...
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clashed during the Civil War in Cambodia in the 1970s and 1980s. The Dangrekgenocide in June 1979 was in great part due to civilian victims crossing over...
clashed during the Civil War in Cambodia in the 1970s and 1980s. The Dangrekgenocide in June 1979 was in great part due to civilian victims crossing over...
Khmer Rouge's remaining territory from his base at Anlong Veng in the Dângrêk Mountains. It is estimated that some 3,000 to 5,000 combatants remained...
back into Cambodia by the Thai Royal Army in what was known as the Dangrekgenocide, which sparked international outrage and was discussed in July 1979...
mountainous areas near Pailin in the Cardamom Mountains and Anlong Veng in the Dângrêk Mountains. These Khmer Rouge bases were not self-sufficient and were funded...
800 feet (180–550 metres). This cliff marks the southern limit of the Dângrêk Mountains. Flowing south through Cambodia's eastern regions is the Mekong...
as well as a narrow extension of land between the 15th parallel and the Dangrek Mountains in Stung Treng Province. As a result, Cambodia had lost almost...
was overrun in 1994 he relocated to Kbal Ansoang, on the crest of the Dangrek Mountains. The Khmer Rouge nevertheless faced growing levels of desertion...
areas - formidably forested. The country is fringed to the north by the Dangrek Mountains plateau, bordering Thailand and Laos, to the north-east by the...
first king was Jayavarman VI (1080 to 1107), which originated west of the Dângrêk Mountains in the Mun river valley discontinued the old "ritual policy"...
Michael Vickery called the "Dângrêk Chieftains", are obscure. These were local principalities north and south of the Dângrêk Mountains, who left behind...
area held by the Republic in any form was the Preah Vihear Temple in the Dângrêk Mountains, which FANK forces still occupied in late April 1975. It was...
two infiltration routes. One of them ran south from Thailand through the Dangrek Mountains into northern Cambodia. The second ran north from Trat, a Thai...
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