General information
Type of Incompatibility: Not applicable
Date of first battle related death: 1989-07-31
Date of conflict reached 25 battle releated deaths: 1990-07-15
Comment on conflict reached 25 battle releated deaths: KR first became active as a one-sided actor in UCDP data in 1990, when the one-sided violence resulted in at least 25 civilian deaths. The threshold was reached on 22 August that year when KR attacks civilians on a train, causing 53 deaths.
Annual information
This section contains annual information systematically collected by the UCDP.
1989
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 2 |
| Best | 2 |
| Low | 2 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1990
Primary Parties: KR - Civilians
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 127 |
| Best | 103 |
| Low | 103 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1991
Primary Parties: KR - Civilians
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 92 |
| Best | 92 |
| Low | 92 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1992
Primary Parties: KR - Civilians
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 91 |
| Best | 73 |
| Low | 73 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1993
Primary Parties: KR - Civilians
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 310 |
| Best | 184 |
| Low | 181 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1994
Primary Parties: KR - Civilians
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 167 |
| Best | 102 |
| Low | 102 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1995
Primary Parties: KR - Civilians
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 29 |
| Best | 29 |
| Low | 29 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1996
Primary Parties: KR - Civilians
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 53 |
| Best | 53 |
| Low | 53 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1997
Primary Parties: -
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 12 |
| Best | 12 |
| Low | 12 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
1998
Primary Parties: KR - Civilians
Dimension: One-sided
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 45 |
| Best | 25 |
| Low | 23 |
Numbers include fatalities for all dyads both active and inactive for this year
Conflict Archive
This section contains annual information no longer systematically collected by the UCDP.
1989 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
1990 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: The Khmer Rouge made repeated attacks on trains during the year, reportedly more than 20 attacks. Generally, passengers were robbed and killed even if some reports suggest that the Khmer Rouge primarily singled out and executed passengers that, allegedly, worked for the Cambodian government in any form.
Terminated: NO
1991 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: The most notable event was an attack on Vietnamese working for a logging project, where Khmer Rouge forces lined up 92 people in groups of twenty and machine-gunned them down.
Terminated: NO
1992 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: The Khmer Rouge attacked villages throughout the year. At some occasions, the executions were preceded by accusations of crimes committed by the victims and sometimes the group singled out ethnic Vietnamese as victims.
Terminated: NO
1993 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: The Khmer Rouge attacked villages throughout the year. At some occasions, the executions were preceded by accusations of crimes committed by the victims and sometimes the group singled out ethnic Vietnamese as victims.
Terminated: NO
1994 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: The Khmer Rouge attacked villages, buses trains throughout the year. At some occasions, the executions were preceded by accusations of crimes committed by the victims and sometimes the group singled out ethnic Vietnamese as victims. The group also attacked a few western tourists in the country, which was highly publicized.
Terminated: NO
1995 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: Few incidents were reported, and these consisted of attacks on trains and roads as well as the killing of civilians that by accident wandered to close to Khmer Rouge military camps.
Terminated: NO
1996 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: The Khmer Rouge attacked and abducted villagers and later executed them, in particular targeting ethnic Vietnamese. The most notable incident was a kidnapping of over 100 people from a village in southern Cambodia, of which 14 eventually were axed to death.
Terminated: NO
1997 Conflict Archive
Terminated: NO
1998 Conflict Archive
Comment on Activity: The Khmer Rouge attacked a fishing village with mostly ethnic Vietnamese inhabitants.
Terminated: NO
