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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.
February 13, 2015
Malaysia’s Idea of Independence Leaves Others Wondering
By Luke Hunt
February 04, 2015
Cambodia: A Tale of Two Outbreaks
By Luke Hunt
January 30, 2015
Chinese Activists Cut Across Indochina in Search of Asylum
By Luke Hunt
January 26, 2015
Cambodia: Justice Delayed
By Luke Hunt
January 09, 2015
Praying for a Pope and a Dose of Common Sense
By Luke Hunt
January 06, 2015
Laos’ Holiday Crackdown
By Luke Hunt
January 06, 2015
Management Culture and Airline Tragedies
By Luke Hunt
December 30, 2014
HIV Tragedy Tops 200 in Cambodia
By Luke Hunt
December 19, 2014
Spare a Thought for the Tiger of East Asia, It’s Almost Gone
By Luke Hunt
December 12, 2014
Boxing's Great Leap Forward
By Luke Hunt
