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Crossing Continents

on BBC Radio 4 FM

Fifth in a ten-part series of the international current affairs programme.

The temples of Angkor, deep in the Cambodian jungle, are the spiritual symbol of Khmer culture and one of the world's greatest archaeological heritage sites. But during the Pol Pot era, when millions of Cambodians were killed and the country's infrastructure destroyed, the temples were out of bounds, damaged by landmines and looting. Clare Arthurs visits Angkor where, over the last decade, conservationists have begun to reclaim the sites, and where tourism now offers a much needed source of income in a desperately poor country. Also, the country's leading mental health specialist talks about how to reclaim sanity in a country devastated by war.
(Repeated on Monday)

Contributors

Reporter:
Clare Arthurs
Producer:
Jennie Walmsley

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