Opposition to the government was met by force, and many southerners fled as refugees into the neighboring countries.
More than four million have been forced from their homes or have fled the country as refugees.
The family fled to Hungary as refugees that same year.
Many of the families who fled their farms and homes as refugees never returned.
Three hundred thousand people died outright in the early months of 1992 and another million fled the country as refugees.
Some were killed, others went into the army, and others fled as refugees.
Do and his family fled to Australia as refugees in 1980.
There has been mounting pressure to recognize people who flee to China as political refugees.
They moved to Colorado in 1996 after their family fled from Russia as political refugees.