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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.
May 29, 2023
Pumping Up Myanmar’s Junta With Guns, Trade, and Tourism
By Luke Hunt
May 24, 2023
Cambodia’s Hun Sen Tells Countries to Stay Silent on Election Process
By Luke Hunt
May 09, 2023
Indonesia Rescues 20 From Traffickers in Myanmar
By Luke Hunt
May 01, 2023
An Australian Who Worked to Restore Cambodian Culture Dies at 76
By Luke Hunt
April 24, 2023
Smoke and Heat: Breaking Records in Southeast Asia
By Luke Hunt
April 17, 2023
NUG Warns ASEAN Not to Negotiate with Myanmar Junta
By Luke Hunt
April 11, 2023
Thousands Flee Myanmar Amid Heavy Fighting Around Shwe Kokko
By Luke Hunt
April 04, 2023
Cambodian PM Tells Foreign Countries to Choose
By Luke Hunt
March 31, 2023
Hun Sen Announces Free Tickets for Southeast Asian Games
By Luke Hunt
March 27, 2023
Cambodia and Thailand: A Tale of Two Elections
By Luke Hunt
March 20, 2023
Should Myanmar Be Declared a Failed State?
By Luke Hunt