Luke Hunt is a correspondent who writes, photographs and produces television packages out of Southeast Asia. Much of his work is divided between The Diplomat, Australian Associated Press (AAP) and Voice of America. He has also freelanced for The Economist, The New York Times, The Times of London and The Age in Melbourne, among many others.
He began his career in journalism in the early 1980s after traveling through what was then some of the world’s trouble-spots, including Northern Ireland and the south of Morocco. Hunt initially worked for AAP and then Agence France-Presse where he served as bureau chief in Afghanistan and Cambodia and later as Deputy Economics Editor for Asia.
Additionally, he has covered conflicts in Iraq, Sri Lanka, Kashmir and currently focuses on Southeast Asia and regional trouble spots like Burma and the Southern Philippines. In 1999, he was commended by the UN special envoy Lahkdar Brahimi for the ‘best and most insightful” coverage of the Afghan civil war. Four years later he was the first journalist to cross the Diyala River into Baghdad with the US Marines. Hunt has featured in several documentaries including the the ‘Journos’ series produced for SBS Australia and he narrated the short film Flicker ‘n Fade which debuted at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Hunt has won several awards, including; Amnesty International, the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and the Society of Publishers in Asia (SOPA). He is a Professor with Pannasastra University in Cambodia.
News & Features, selected works
The Diplomat: Weekly Columns
- Cambodia Looks to put its Rice on the World Plate — The New York Times
- The Vision Thing — The Economist
- Hopping the Coach to Cambodia — The Economist
- Cambodian Democracy: Bruised, Bloodied and Probably Broken
- Fighting Land Grabs — The Economist
- Kissinger in Cambodia — The New York Times
- Cambodia Landless Class — The New York Times
- Cambodia’s Most Unwanted — The New York Times
- Coming to Australia — The New York Times
- Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner — The New York Times
- Blood Trail — The Economist
- High Scandal in Fight for Hong Kong — The Independent
- War Crimes & the Price of Justice — Spectrum
- Malaysian Opposition Leader Cleared of Sodomy — Time
- Bin Laden’s Nagging Legacy — Spectrum
- Reach Sambath, 1964-2011 — The Diplomat
- Osama bin Laden’s Second Front — The Diplomat
- Finally, Last Bali Bomber Nabbed — Spectrum
- Distant Hope on Forbidding Shores — Spectrum
- Iranian Fleet Runs Aground — Asian Sentinel
- McBeth and The Old Guard — Spectrum
- Names in News Reshape the Region — Spectrum
- Cambodian Stampede had Air of Inevitability — Spectrum
- Asia’s Growing Thirst — Spectrum
- A Philippine Peace Process — The Diplomat
- Justice at last for Pol Pot’s Victims– The Times — July 27th, 2010
- Khmer Rouge Commandant Guilty — World Politics Review
- Verdict Sets Khmer Rouge Stage — Spectrum
- Burmese Elections has Locals Packing — Spectrum
- Vietnam: China’s ‘Little Sister” — The Diplomat
- Borneo’s Lost World to be Nominated World Heritage Site — The Times
- Scaling Justice: Case 001 Alights The KR Agenda — AsiaLIFE
- Three Malaysian Women Canned for Extramarital Sex — The Times
- Violence Looms Over Upcoming Poll — The Diplomat
- Allah’s Other Cheek — Spectrum
- Asia’s Next Flashpoint? – The Diplomat
- No Let Up In Thailand’s Southern Insurgency — World Politics Review
- Please Release Me Begs Khmer Rouge Torturer Chef — The Times
- Dying For Australia, Part 1 — World Politics Review
- Dying For Australia, Part 2 — World Politics Review
- Dying For Australia, Part 3 — World Politics Review
- The Last KR Chapter — The Correspondent
- Najib Razak Sworn In As New Malaysian Prime Minister — The Times
- Cambodia’s Genocide Trial — Prospect
- Pham Xuan An: 1927-2006 — World Politics Review
- They Call Me A Cyber Terrorist — Spectrum
- One Good Reason To Go To War — World Politics Review
- Universal Suffrage Headlines Hong Kong Elections — World Politics Review
- Howard Under Threat — World Politics Review
- Hong Kong Ten Years On — World Politics Review
- Australia’s Big Dry — World Politics Review
- Charming The Cham — Far Eastern Economic Review
- ‘Mona Lisa’ Back To Iraq — Middle East Online
- In Saddams Folterkammern — Welt Online
- Marines Weather Storm — The Age
- U.S. Carpet Bombs Afghanistan — Democracy Now
- Love Is A Many Splendoured Thing — Revelation
Authored
- Barings Lost – Published Butterworth-Heinemann – December 20th, 1996