Gem mining in the former Khmer Rouge stronghold of Pailin on the Cambodia/Thailand Border.

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A woman pans for gems in the ex Khmer Rouge heartland of Pailin Western Cambodia Where once this area was the war torn headquarters of one faction of the genocidal Khmer Rouge ultra Maoist rulers of Cambodia between 1975 and 1979 now it is a dusty town that lives of border casinos catering to visitors from Thailand diminishing gem reserves and prostitution PH Dan White

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