General information
Part of Conflict: n/a
First Battle Related Death: 1989-07-31
Date when dyad reached 25 battle releated deaths: 1990-07-15
Comment on date when dyad reached 25 battle related 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.
Conflict issues
Annual information
This section contains annual information systematically collected by the UCDP.
1989
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 2 |
| Best | 2 |
| Low | 2 |
Secondary Warring Support:
Side A (KR): n/a
Side B (Civilians): n/a
1990
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 127 |
| Best | 103 |
| Low | 103 |
Secondary Warring Support:
Side A (KR): n/a
Side B (Civilians): n/a
1991
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 92 |
| Best | 92 |
| Low | 92 |
Secondary Warring Support:
Side A (KR): n/a
Side B (Civilians): n/a
1992
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 91 |
| Best | 73 |
| Low | 73 |
Secondary Warring Support:
Side A (KR): n/a
Side B (Civilians): n/a
1993
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 310 |
| Best | 184 |
| Low | 181 |
Secondary Warring Support:
Side A (KR): n/a
Side B (Civilians): n/a
1994
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 167 |
| Best | 102 |
| Low | 102 |
Secondary Warring Support:
Side A (KR): n/a
Side B (Civilians): n/a
1995
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 29 |
| Best | 29 |
| Low | 29 |
Secondary Warring Support:
Side A (KR): n/a
Side B (Civilians): n/a
1996
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 53 |
| Best | 53 |
| Low | 53 |
Secondary Warring Support:
Side A (KR): n/a
Side B (Civilians): n/a
1997
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 12 |
| Best | 12 |
| Low | 12 |
Secondary Warring Support:
Side A (KR): n/a
Side B (Civilians): n/a
1998
| Estimated Fatalities | |
|---|---|
| High | 45 |
| Best | 25 |
| Low | 23 |
Secondary Warring Support:
Side A (KR): n/a
Side B (Civilians): n/a
Dyad Archive
This section contains annual information no longer systematically collected by the UCDP.
1989 Dyad Archive
Negotiations: NO
Victory: NO
Terminated: NO
1990 Dyad Archive
Comment on Active: 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.
Negotiations: NO
Victory: NO
Terminated: NO
1991 Dyad Archive
Comment on Active: 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.
Negotiations: NO
Victory: NO
Terminated: NO
1992 Dyad Archive
Comment on Active: 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.
Negotiations: NO
Victory: NO
Terminated: NO
1993 Dyad Archive
Comment on Active: 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.
Negotiations: NO
Victory: NO
Terminated: NO
1994 Dyad Archive
Comment on Active: 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.
Negotiations: NO
Victory: NO
Terminated: NO
1995 Dyad Archive
Comment on Active: 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.
Negotiations: NO
Victory: NO
Terminated: NO
1996 Dyad Archive
Comment on Active: 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.
Negotiations: NO
Victory: NO
Terminated: NO
1997 Dyad Archive
Negotiations: NO
Victory: NO
Terminated: NO
1998 Dyad Archive
Comment on Active: The Khmer Rouge attacked a fishing village with mostly ethnic Vietnamese inhabitants.
Negotiations: NO
Victory: NO
Terminated: NO