A Cambodian Spring

Trekking through jungles and forests laden with landmines, my family and I fled the horrors of the Khmer Rouge regime that claimed the lives of nearly two million people. In 1998, nearly twenty years later, I journeyed to Cambodia to uncover the strength and resilience of my people and to discover the beauty of the rich land, forests, rivers and golden rice fields of my parents' dreams. What I did not expect was how rapidly the country would change within the next decade and a half. Large tracts...