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of her songs indicate her risque focus on romance and sexuality (for example, "I'm
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Pen Ran was known for her unrestrained personality and western-oriented hairstyles and fashions, rejecting traditional demands on Khmer women and representing new and modern gender roles. Her onstage dancing and flirtatious lyrics were considered scandalous in
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of late 1978/early 1979 when the Khmer Rouge launched their final series of mass executions. Given the goal of the Khmer Rouge to remove foreign influences from
Cambodian society, Pen Ran's individuality probably ensured her death. In a 2015 BBC documentary on the band Cambodian Space Project, who
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have covered many of Pen Ran's songs, it was alleged by an interview subject that she was tricked by the Khmer Rouge into performing one of her songs, after which she was led away and executed.
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in 1966. Starting in the late 1960s Ran recorded many collaborations with
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in 1967 had little effect on Pen Ran's career and perhaps even broadened her popularity as the second leading lady of
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described her as one of the most influential artists of her era, as well as one of the most popular artists amongst younger
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as a "worldly, wise-cracking foil" to the more restrained
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Kromom Tang Bey (Pan Ron, Ros Sereysothea & Huoy Meas)
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455:Kdao Tngai Min Smoe Kdao Chit
533:Pros Reang Yeh Yeh/Ya Ya Men
518:Phaem Nas Sneha/"Sweet Love"
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381:Don't Think I've Forgotten
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110:Trapeang Sab Commune
107:c. 1979 (aged 34–35)
791:, soundtrack, 2015.
536:Puos Vek Sork Sroka
411:Cherng Mek Por Kmao
366:Vietnamese invasion
1035:. 9 December 2007.
912:(28 August 2016).
885:on 31 October 2010
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524:Pka Sondun
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51:ប៉ែន រ៉ន
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