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Khmer Rouge
The Communist Party of Kampuchea, led by Pol Pot. The Khmer Rouge ruled Cambodia from 1975 to 1979 and attempted to create an agrarian utopia through forced collectivisation, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 1.5 to 2 million people.
Paris Peace Accords (1973)
A ceasefire agreement signed in January 1973 between the United States, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and the Viet Cong. It ended direct US military involvement in the Vietnam War but did not stop fighting between North and South Vietnam.
Pathet Lao
The Lao Communist movement that gradually took control of Laos in 1975. The Pathet Lao abolished the monarchy and proclaimed the Lao People's Democratic Republic in December 1975.