Luke Hunt
@luke-hunt.bsky.social
Reporter at Large | Author | Photographer | Video | Professor Emeritus
My latest podcast with Ian Timberlake focuses on the UNODC report about scams, organized crime and US$14.1 billion stolen from across the region. It also rounds out a trio of interviews on this subject. #UNODC #UN #Thailand #ASEAN #Scams www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Dy...
Organized Crime in the Digital Age: A New Ecosystem
YouTube video by The Diplomat
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My latest podcast is with Nathan Paul Southern, Operations Director of the Eyewitness Project and an investigative reporter specializing in transnational crime primarily in Cambodia and across Southeast Asia. #Cambodia #ScamAwareness #ASEAN #Crime www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-v1...
The State of Cambodia’s Online Scamming Industry: 2026 Check-in
YouTube video by The Diplomat
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My latest podcast is with the veteran human rights advocate Phil Robertson @Reaproy and it’s all about Thailand’s issues with transnational repression and its relations with Cambodia after last year’s border war. #Thailand #Cambodia #humanrights #ASEAN www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSPe...
Transnational Repression, Organized Crime, and Conflict in Southeast Asia
YouTube video by The Diplomat
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New on my #Youtube channel: Can #Thailand join the @oecd-ocde.bsky.social while intimidating civil society groups? The #SLAPP lawsuit against iLaw raises serious red flags for Thailand’s 2028 accession, clashing with public integrity standards for developed democracies. youtu.be/QjstCcnj3Pk
Will Anutin's Lawsuit Undermine Thailand's Bid for the OECD? #Thailand #oecd
YouTube video by Asia Political Review
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My latest podcast with Ian Timberlake focuses on the UNODC report about scams, organized crime and US$14.1 billion stolen from across the region. It also rounds out a trio of interviews on this subject. #UNODC #UN #Thailand #ASEAN #Scams www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2Dy...
Organized Crime in the Digital Age: A New Ecosystem
YouTube video by The Diplomat
youtube.com
My latest podcast is with the veteran human rights advocate Phil Robertson @Reaproy and it’s all about Thailand’s issues with transnational repression and its relations with Cambodia after last year’s border war. #Thailand #Cambodia #humanrights #ASEAN www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSPe...
Transnational Repression, Organized Crime, and Conflict in Southeast Asia
YouTube video by The Diplomat
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My latest podcast is with Nathan Paul Southern, Operations Director of the Eyewitness Project and an investigative reporter specializing in transnational crime primarily in Cambodia and across Southeast Asia. #Cambodia #ScamAwareness #ASEAN #Crime www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-v1...
The State of Cambodia’s Online Scamming Industry: 2026 Check-in
YouTube video by The Diplomat
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After a long break, I am back doing public commentary, again with @thediplomat.com, where I ponder an international response to #China's brutal new ethnic unity law. thediplomat.com/2026/07/whit...
Whither an International Response to China’s Ethnic Unity Law?
The conventional tools previously used to penalize China for its rights abuses – sanctions, public pressure, condemnation, institutional mechanisms, and more – have all been blunted.
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My latest podcast is with Su Mon from ACLED. She updates us on the civil war in Myanmar and the proof of life campaign conducted by Kim Aris for his mother, Aung San Suu Kyi. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLrA... #ACLED #Myanmar #war #Burma #AungSanSuuKyi #ASSK #ProofofLife #KimAris
Analyzing the Human Toll of Myanmar’s Civil War
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Many thanks to Mark Cogan!
Mark S. Cogan@markscogan.bsky.social · last mo.I was pleased to welcome @luke-hunt.bsky.social, a veteran journalist who has spent decades reporting across #SoutheastAsia to my #YouTube channel. His reporting details a scam industry that reaches into areas of #humantrafficking and #corruption. See the link in the comments!
Many thanks to Mark Cogan!
Mark S. Cogan@markscogan.bsky.social · last mo.I was pleased to welcome @luke-hunt.bsky.social, a veteran journalist who has spent decades reporting across #SoutheastAsia to my #YouTube channel. His reporting details a scam industry that reaches into areas of #humantrafficking and #corruption. See the link in the comments!
My latest podcast is with Su Mon from ACLED. She updates us on the civil war in Myanmar and the proof of life campaign conducted by Kim Aris for his mother, Aung San Suu Kyi. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLrA... #ACLED #Myanmar #war #Burma #AungSanSuuKyi #ASSK #ProofofLife #KimAris
Analyzing the Human Toll of Myanmar’s Civil War
YouTube video by The Diplomat
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West Papua’s Indigenous communities are using hundreds of red crosses as symbols of resistance against rainforest destruction, land-grabbing and militarised development – as Indonesian authorities try to suppress a documentary exposing the damage, Duncan Graham writes. #WestPapua #Indonesia
West Papua’s red crosses are resisting rainforest destruction
West Papua’s Indigenous communities are using hundreds of red crosses as symbols of resistance against rainforest destruction, land-grabbing and militarised development, as Indonesian authorities try to suppress a documentary exposing the damage.
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My latest is about the Vietnamese diaspora in Australia. www.ucanews.com/news/once-re... #Vietnam #Refugees #Australia #UCAN
Once refugees, now part of Australia’s story- UCA News
A moving exploration of how former refugees have successfully integrated into Australia's social fabric, transforming their lived experiences into an essential part of the nation's contemporary story.
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It's about to get hot! My latest: www.ucanews.com/news/a-forec... #elnino #asean #weather #globalwarming
A forecast supercharged El Niño prompts fear and loathing in East Asia- UCA News
Analysts say severe heat and little rainfall will be compounded by high energy costs stemming from the crisis in the Middle East
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It's about to get hot! My latest: www.ucanews.com/news/a-forec... #elnino #asean #weather #globalwarming
A forecast supercharged El Niño prompts fear and loathing in East Asia- UCA News
Analysts say severe heat and little rainfall will be compounded by high energy costs stemming from the crisis in the Middle East
ucanews.com
For those who are interested in Southeast Asia and global affairs, do follow our podcasts: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Beyond the Mekong - YouTube
Delve into Southeast Asian geopolitics with The Diplomat's Luke Hunt and guests who know the region and the issues.
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My latest podcast is with the Welsh journalist Lorcan Lovett who has just returned from the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh and a tour of Myanmar where he has spent many years covering the civil war. #Rohingya #Bangladesh #Myanmar #war #refugees #ICJ #genocide www.youtube.com/watch?v=46EW...
A Welsh Reporter on Myanmar’s Frontlines
YouTube video by The Diplomat
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Recently I had the privilege of speaking about 21st century journalism and working as a war correspondent, with Lorcan Lovett and Fergal Quinn at a seminar held by the University of Limerick. #war #media #UL #Myanmar #Cambodia #media @lorcanlovett.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Uh...
New Wars, New Challenges: Conflict journalism in the 21st century (With Luke Hunt and Lorcan Lovett)
YouTube video by Journalism at University of Limerick
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My latest podcast for The Diplomat is with Scott Johnson, lawyer, filmmaker and advocate with Tribal Action Group which has covered inside Myanmar and its indigenous groups at great depth. #Myanmar #War #TribalActionGroup #BeyondtheMekong #Drones www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ooa...
Journalism and Fighting for Indigenous Rights in Myanmar
YouTube video by The Diplomat
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My latest podcast for The Diplomat is with Scott Johnson, lawyer, filmmaker and advocate with Tribal Action Group which has covered inside Myanmar and its indigenous groups at great depth. #Myanmar #War #TribalActionGroup #BeyondtheMekong #Drones www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ooa...
Journalism and Fighting for Indigenous Rights in Myanmar
YouTube video by The Diplomat
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Recently I had the privilege of speaking about 21st century journalism and working as a war correspondent, with Lorcan Lovett and Fergal Quinn at a seminar held by the University of Limerick. #war #media #UL #Myanmar #Cambodia #media @lorcanlovett.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7Uh...
New Wars, New Challenges: Conflict journalism in the 21st century (With Luke Hunt and Lorcan Lovett)
YouTube video by Journalism at University of Limerick
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Great to join veteran war reporter @luke-hunt.bsky.social on Beyond the Mekong. Watch in full: www.youtube.com/watch?v=46EW... One hypothetical we discuss: what would happen if Aung San Suu Kyi could send a message to #Myanmar's people & that was to stop fighting? #WhatshappeninginMyanmar
My latest podcast is with the Welsh journalist Lorcan Lovett who has just returned from the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh and a tour of Myanmar where he has spent many years covering the civil war. #Rohingya #Bangladesh #Myanmar #war #refugees #ICJ #genocide www.youtube.com/watch?v=46EW...
A Welsh Reporter on Myanmar’s Frontlines
YouTube video by The Diplomat
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Washington is upping the stakes on China, Cambodia and Burma over scam compounds and organized crime. Some old unheeded warnings in this report. www.ucanews.com/news/us-comm...
US committee: Indo-Pacific organized crime entering 'historic new phase'- UCA News
A US committee warns that transnational organized crime in the Indo-Pacific is entering a dangerous new phase, threatening regional stability.
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My latest podcast is with Bart Edes, a distinguished fellow at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, and it’s all about US President Donald Trump and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping. #TrumpXiMeeting #TrumpXiSummit #TrumpXiASEAN #USIranWar #Oil www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppq3...
Trump and Xi: The Impact on Southeast Asia
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For those who are interested in Southeast Asia and global affairs, do follow our podcasts: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Beyond the Mekong - YouTube
Delve into Southeast Asian geopolitics with The Diplomat's Luke Hunt and guests who know the region and the issues.
youtube.com
🚨 JUST IN: New coronavirus-related virus detected in bats in Thailand researchers warn it may already be spreading widely across Southeast Asia.
My latest podcast is with Chris Humphrey, executive director of the EU-ASEAN Business Council, who spoke about the status of current FTA negotiations with ASEAN countries and the impact of the current Middle East crisis. #EU #ASEAN #Economy #Iran #Oil www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uGP...
ASEAN's Trade With Europe: The Costs and Trials of Doing Business
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