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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.
June 29, 2015
Vietnam Waives Visas, for Some
By Luke Hunt
June 26, 2015
Under Fire: NGOs Face Increasing Hostility
By Luke Hunt
June 22, 2015
ASEAN Move on Rohingya, Slow But Forward
By Luke Hunt
June 11, 2015
Cambodia’s Slow Power Transfer Begins with Death of Chea Sim
By Luke Hunt
June 05, 2015
UNESCO's Great Barrier Reef Decision Has Much Wider Ramifications
By Luke Hunt
May 29, 2015
Crocodile Tears for the Rohingya
By Luke Hunt
May 24, 2015
Mekong Fish Stocks Being Sacrificed on Local Bickering
By Luke Hunt
May 20, 2015
Myanmar Acquits Journalist’s Killers Amid Muslim Exodus
By Luke Hunt
May 15, 2015
ASEAN’s Refugee Embarrassment
By Luke Hunt
May 08, 2015
A Bovine Warning for Cambodia’s Rice Crop
By Luke Hunt
May 08, 2015
The Asia-Pacific's Rising Terrorist Threat
By Luke Hunt
