Kilong Ung
Author, Publisher, Founder of Golden Lead Education Foundation
About Speaker
Kilong is a survivor the the Khmer Rouge, author of Golden Leaf, a Khmer Rouge Genocide Survivor, Founder and Board Director at the Golden Leaf Education Foundation, Owner and Publisher at KU Publishing LLC.
He grew up in Cambodia, and in 1975 when he was 13 years old, the Khmer Rouge took control of the country, resulting in the loss of almost 2 million Cambodians. Kilong was separated from his sisters and their family and forced into gruelling slave labour while their parents and over 50 extended family members were killed. In 1979, he had the chance to escape, he eventually made his way to the safety and freedom of the United States.
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