Video: Many Fish, Few Buyers This Prahok Season

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Prahok processing in Kandal province’s Ponhea Leu district in December 2020. (Michael Dickison/VOD)
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The annual catch of the small fish used to make prahok, Cambodia’s famously pungent fish paste, has been abundant this year, fishers and traders say. But there appear to be fewer buyers around, and prices have dropped by as much as half, they say.

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