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The first US commercial flight since the end of the Vietnam War touches down in Ho Chi
Minh City, as US-Vietnamese business and tourism links mushroom.
2004
Indian Ocean tsunami kills over 5000 people in Thailand and damages tourism and fishing
industries.
2006
Thailand's revered King Bhumibol celebrates 60th year on the throne; Thaksin government
is overthrown in a coup and the prime minister forced into exile.
2010
Comrade Duch, aka Kaing Guek Eav, former commandant of the notorious S-21 prison in
Phnom Penh, becomes first Khmer Rouge leader convicted of crimes against humanity.
2010
Red Shirt, pro-Thaksin activists occupy central Bangkok for two months; military crack-
down results in 91 deaths.
2010
The Prime Minister of the Lao PDR, Bouasone Bouphavanh, resigns after more than four
years in office, catching political observers off guard.
2011
Cambodia and Thailand trade blows over the ancient border temple of Prasat Preah Vihear
on the Dangkrek Mountains; Asean attempts to broker a lasting settlement.
2011
Red Shirts back in power as Yingluck Shinawatra becomes Thailand's first female prime
minister.
2012
Cambodia's former King Norodom Sihanouk dies a national hero.
2013
Vietnam War hero General Giap, seen as an antidote to the country's corrupt modern-day
leadership, dies. Millions pay their respects.
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