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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.
March 05, 2013
Sabah Insurgency: A Political Bonus for PM Najib Razak
A tricky situation offers a possible electoral out for the Malaysian prime minister.
February 28, 2013
Thailand Enlists Malaysia as Go-Between in Troubled South
Thailand has called on Malaysia to address the grievances of Muslim insurgents in the south.
February 27, 2013
Anwar Ibrahim Unveils Election Pledges
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has announced his manifesto for Malaysia’s upcoming elections.
February 22, 2013
Pressure Mounts on Laos Over Missing Activist
International concern over human rights in Laos is growing over the disappearance of Sombath Somphone.
February 20, 2013
East Timor Risks All in Oil Dispute
Tensions between East Timor and Woodside Petroleum mount over oil fields in the Timor Sea.
February 15, 2013
A Filipino Standoff in Malaysia
About 100 Philippine militants have washed up on the shores of Malaysia’s eastern state of Sabah.
February 13, 2013
Pushing for Peace in Mindanao
President Benigno Aquino has traveled to the southern Philippines in the hopes of hastening the peace process.
February 12, 2013
Saving Malaysia’s Last Great Rainforests
Malaysia’ officials wage a war of words over the country’s rainforests. Will politics save them?
February 08, 2013
BHP Billiton, Versus Papua New Guinea
Australian mining firm BHP Billiton and Papua New Guinea’s government have gone to battle over the Ok Tedi Mine.
February 06, 2013
Cambodian King Sihanouk’s Final Journey
Cambodians paid their last respects to their late King Norodom Sinhanouk at his cremation this week. He was 89.
February 01, 2013
Miss Universe Pageant for Indonesia?
The intrepid Puteri Indonesia Foundation is talking up the possibility of hosting Miss Universe in Indonesia.
January 30, 2013
Al Rockoff Tells It Like It Was
Photojournalist Al Rockoff recounts the dramatic overtaking of Phnom Penh at the historic Khmer Rouge Tribunal.