The Washington Post's editorial: Can Cambodia democratize?

By Editorial Board, Published: September 21






CAMBODIA HAS come a long way since the late 1970s, when the fanatical Khmer Rouge regime killed nearly 2 million of its own people. The country has enjoyed relative stability in recent years, aided by an economic growth rate that averaged nearly 10 percent annuallybetween 1998 and 2008. Though Cambodian per-capita income is still among the