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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.
November 06, 2015
UN Body Urges Release of Malaysia's Jailed Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim
By Luke Hunt
November 04, 2015
Cambodia: Hun Sen Draws First Blood
By Luke Hunt
October 29, 2015
ASEAN's Big Year Offers Little to Celebrate
By Luke Hunt
October 23, 2015
Is Modern History's Biggest Natural Resource Heist in Myanmar?
By Luke Hunt
October 16, 2015
Blame Game Continues on Malaysia’s Deadly Plane Crash
By Luke Hunt
October 10, 2015
Why the Mekong River Commission May Be In Peril
By Luke Hunt
October 08, 2015
Pol Pot’s Surviving Lieutenants Held to Account
By Luke Hunt
October 02, 2015
Laos in the Spotlight Again Over Human Rights
By Luke Hunt
September 24, 2015
More Foreigners Kidnapped in Southern Philippines
By Luke Hunt
September 19, 2015
Evidence Mounts Over Khmer Rouge Genocide of Muslims and Vietnamese
By Luke Hunt
September 11, 2015
ASEAN's Dirtiest Challenge Makes an Unwanted Return
By Luke Hunt
