Many of the farmers' pepper plants died. Kampot peppers typically sell for as much as $200 per kilogram ($200 per 2.2 pounds), but Chhim Laem lost all 264 of his pepper bushes amid the worst ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Kampot pepper, grown in Cambodia, is so expensive because it's considered the Champagne of pepper. In 2016, the European Union awarded pepper grown in this region a ...