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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.
May 28, 2021
Amid Case Surge, Malaysia’s COVID-19 Infection Rate Surpasses India’s
By Luke Hunt
May 26, 2021
Vaccines, Not Lockdowns, Underpin Cambodia’s Fight Against COVID-19
By Luke Hunt
May 17, 2021
The ‘Mafia’ and Civil War in Myanmar
By Luke Hunt
May 10, 2021
Shades of South Vietnam in US Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan
By Luke Hunt
April 30, 2021
Solidarity in Cambodia
By Luke Hunt
April 14, 2021
Cambodia and Its ‘Dictator’ Struggle With the Pandemic
By Luke Hunt
April 12, 2021
VICE Asia Tampers with Khmer Rouge Tribunal Evidence
By Luke Hunt
April 01, 2021
Miss Grand Myanmar to Speak for Her Country From Thailand
By Luke Hunt
March 30, 2021
Breathing Fresh Life into Cambodia’s Art Scene
By Luke Hunt
March 24, 2021
A Beauty Pageant Stirs Southeast Asia’s Political Pot
By Luke Hunt
March 17, 2021
Southeast Asia’s Emerging Markets, Post-Pandemic
By Luke Hunt
