On March 17, 1970, coups by Lon NOL defeated the monarchy of King Norodom SIHANOUK whilehe was travelling abroad, and the Khmer Republic was established.
It refers to the children of those who lived orhave been livingin the U.S. because of afamily member's job transfer, whostudiedin the U.S., orwho immigrated to the U.S. since the late 1970s, when Japanese companies started penetrating the U.S. market (Ex. Masi OKA, a Japanese American actor).