The Khmer Rouge was a communist regime that was in power in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979. In just four years, the regime had ended up killing a quarter of Cambodia's population in its pursuit of remaking a suitable society 'free of the vestiges of the past.' Headed by Pol Pot, the country saw everything associated with the pre-1975 government dismantled and installed instead with a regime that would leave a deep scar on Cambodian history. Moreover, the Khmer Rouge's experiment not only affected Cambodian culture and society in terms of education and music it also depended upon Cambodian cultural norms to ensure the success and support for its regime's actions.
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