Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muma1970, maKhmer Rouge aitsigirwa zvikuru uye aibhadharwa mari neCCP, achigamuchira mvumo kubva kuna Mao Zedong; zvinofungidzirwa kuti kanenge 90% yerubatsiro rwekunze rwakapihwa maKhmer Rouge rwakabva kuChina. Hurumende yacho yakabviswa musimba muna 1979 apo Vietnam yakapinda muCambodia
uye vakakurumidza kuparadza mazhinji emauto eKhmer Rouge. VaKhmer Rouge ipapo vakatiza vachienda kuThailand, uko hurumende yakavaona sesimba rokudzivirira vaVietnam veKominisi. VaKhmer Rouge vakaramba vachirwisana nevaVietnam nehurumende yePeople's Republic of Kampuchea itsva kusvikira hondo yapera muna 1989. Hurumende dzeCambodian dziri kutapwa (kusanganisira Khmer Rouge) dzakabata chigaro cheCambodia kuUnited Nations (ne rutsigiro rukuru rwenyika dzakawanda) kusvika muna 1993, apo umambo hwakadzorerwa uye zita renyika yeCambodian rakashandurwa kuva Humambo hweCambodia. Kwapera gore, zviuru zvevapanduki veKhmer Rouge zvakazviisa mumaoko ehurumende.