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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.
August 13, 2016
Deadly Explosions Rock Thailand As Indonesia Terror Meeting Concludes
By Luke Hunt
August 06, 2016
Two Letters for Cambodia's Hun Sen
By Luke Hunt
August 04, 2016
Executions Cast a Pall Over Indonesia and Its 'War on Drugs'
By Luke Hunt
July 27, 2016
US Lawsuits Deepen Malaysia's 1MDB Scandal
By Luke Hunt
July 21, 2016
Kem Ley's Murder and Cambodia's Other Worries
By Luke Hunt
July 11, 2016
What's Behind the Death of a Prominent Cambodia Government Critic?
By Luke Hunt
July 07, 2016
How Rich Are Cambodia’s Hun Sen and His Family?
By Luke Hunt
July 01, 2016
A Friend of the Dead: Finding Justice in Cambodia
By Luke Hunt
June 30, 2016
Cambodia and Laos: Toward A New Era?
By Luke Hunt
June 28, 2016
Indonesia’s Borders Tested by Triple Threats
By Luke Hunt
June 26, 2016
Cross Culture: Indonesian Dance Troupe Evolves Out of Australia’s Suburbs
By Luke Hunt
