Starved to death When the Khmer Rouge took power, Yeang Chheang and his family were sent from Phnom Penh to a labor camp where his wife and baby son starved to death. Despite fearing for his life ...

Cambodian scientist Yeang Chheang has spent six decades fighting malaria — even in the Khmer Rouge labor camp where his wife and baby died — and stands tantalizingly close to fulfilling his ...