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Luke Hunt
Luke Hunt is a Southeast Asia correspondent for The Diplomat. He has spent three decades working in the region and produces the Beyond the Mekong podcast. He can be followed on Patreon and X – formerly Twitter.
He served as bureau chief for Agence France-Presse in Cambodia and in Afghanistan under Taliban occupation – where he was commended by the United Nations for the “best and most insightful” coverage of the Afghan civil war. Hunt also covered the U.S.-led invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, and the Global War on Terrorism that followed, specializing in Islamic militancy.
Throughout the 2010s, Hunt focused on civil conflict and uprisings from the Middle East to East Asia and as an adjunct professor wrote the course War, Media & International Relations for Pannasastra University in Cambodia. He is the author of the “Punji Trap” and co-author of “Barings Lost” and is the recipient of several awards including the Hong Kong Human Rights Press Awards, Society of Publishers in Asia, and the World Association of Newspapers.
Follow him on X at @lukeanthonyhunt.

March 28, 2025
Soaring Death Toll Feared in Myanmar as Powerful Earthquakes Strike
By Luke Hunt

March 24, 2025
Myanmar as a ‘Failed State’: A Political Scientist’s View
By Luke Hunt

March 10, 2025
Eroding Electoral Integrity in Southeast Asia
By Luke Hunt

March 03, 2025
Myanmar: Situation Update with Paul Greening
By Luke Hunt

February 28, 2025
Thailand Secretly Surrenders At Least 40 Uyghur Asylum Seekers to China
By Luke Hunt

February 21, 2025
Thailand Rescues 7,000 but Faces Stiff Resistance in Scamming Crackdown
By Luke Hunt

February 11, 2025
Leaving Cambodia: A Conversation With Gerald Flynn
By Luke Hunt

February 09, 2025
ASEAN Dithers as Scam Syndicates in Myanmar Bypass Thai Energy Cuts
By Luke Hunt

February 04, 2025
Trump’s Sudden Impact and Implications For Southeast Asia
By Luke Hunt

January 30, 2025
Amid Hope and Despair, Myanmar’s Civil War Enters Its Fifth Year
By Luke Hunt

January 24, 2025
Cambodian PM Says Government Not Behind Lim Kimya’s Assassination
By Luke Hunt
