War damage and abandoned houses across the Kingdom of Cambodia. Many houses got damaged or destroyed during the war, even more hoses got destroyed in the post war years. Since the nation lost some 3 Millions of its pre-war population during and after war - there are hundred thousands of abandoned properties not yet repossessed by the new government. Only the most valuable properties have been monetized soon after end of all war and post war troubles.
Some regions are economically "less profitable" and thus neglect. In such "less profitable" regions abandoned houses or damaged houses are quiet frequent to see. In some streets a third or nearly half of all houses still show severe war damage.
If I look back into my earliest childhood - I remember that around 1955 Germany also had still substantial war damage ten years after WW2. Hence it may take another ten or more year for nature to cover up the damage of past decades.
At the same time such memories of war may serve as a reminder of today's population and government how fragile peace can be with a wrong government creating again social tension between normal population and the richest ones.
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John, my engineer, and I had an early start on Thursday - we arrived at the showground at half past 5, so that we could get BBC Radio Merseyside on air at 6.
Claire 'Minty' Minter did her travel reports from the flower show for Tony Snell's Breakfast programme, as well as chatting to anyone else she could find at that time in the morning - it felt like we were the only people about but she did manage to track down one or two stalwarts, including Show Manager, Kris Hulewicz. Later, we were joined by BBC Radio Lancashire's, John 'Gilly' Gilmore. Gilly was on air all afternoon and boy, was it hot! Luckily for Gilly, he'd brought his producer, Sue Hendey, who ensured he was covered in Factor 50 and had plenty of water. However, there's not much shade and they were both wilting by 4 o'clock. So, if Minty's early starts and Gilly's sunstroke haven't put you off and you think you can give Wogan a run for his money, get yourself a nickname... Info from:
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