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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 15, 2018
Remembering One of Southeast Asia’s Legendary Foreign Correspondents
By Luke Hunt
May 10, 2018
A Rocky Start for the New Phnom Penh Post Owners in Cambodia
By Luke Hunt
May 07, 2018
What’s Behind the Sale of a Cambodian Newspaper to a Malaysian Investor?
By Luke Hunt
May 03, 2018
The Real Trouble with the Myanmar Reuters Journalists Trial
By Luke Hunt
April 20, 2018
The Trouble With Myanmar and Rohingya Repatriation
By Luke Hunt
April 13, 2018
Stage is Set for Malaysia’s 2018 Election
By Luke Hunt
April 05, 2018
Does Duterte’s War on the International Criminal Court Really Matter?
By Luke Hunt
March 23, 2018
Malaysian Politics Get Nasty
By Luke Hunt
March 23, 2018
Remembering Cambodia Rock Star Kak Channthy
By Luke Hunt
March 21, 2018
New Climate Change Fears, Old Mekong Problems
By Luke Hunt
March 10, 2018
Why Did Duterte Chicken out of the ASEAN-Australia Summit?
By Luke Hunt
