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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 27, 2023
Rescuing the Trafficked in Southeast Asia
By Luke Hunt
February 24, 2023
It’s Time for the Leadership of Myanmar’s NUG to Step Up
By Luke Hunt
February 21, 2023
The Cambodian Government’s ‘Recommendations’ For Journalists
By Luke Hunt
February 07, 2023
Focus on Human Trafficking Shifts From Cambodia to Myanmar
By Luke Hunt
January 31, 2023
Cambodia’s Turn to Raise Eyebrows Over Infrastructure Projects
By Luke Hunt
January 25, 2023
Sri Lanka’s Steep Climb Out of the Economic Abyss
By Luke Hunt
January 11, 2023
Nate Thayer, Dead at 62, and Stories That Still Resonate
By Luke Hunt
January 09, 2023
Locking Horns With the Khmer Rouge
By Luke Hunt
December 29, 2022
ASEAN-EU Trade Deal is Still a Distant Dream
By Luke Hunt
December 21, 2022
Myanmar’s NUG Welcomes the Passage of the U.S. BURMA Act
By Luke Hunt
December 14, 2022
Rebuilding Cambodia and Leaving
By Luke Hunt
