Luke Hunt, author of the Punji Trap, appears in Fraternal Brother at a preview in Berlin. Schedule for release in April 2025 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War. Fraternal Brother is produced by Nico Mesterharm and details the lives of those who remained behind after the Khmer Rouge seized control of Phnom Penh. Photo by David Brown.
Tim Page Wake
Journalist Luke Hunt and film maker Nico Mesterharm remember veteran Vietnam War photographer Tim Page during a wake held at Meta House in Phnom Penh shortly after his death in August 2022.
Khmer Sight Foundation
University of Madras
Senior lecturer Leo Fernando from the University of Madras with author Luke Hunt and senior journalist Deepa Alexander of The Hindu during a recent a recent lecture series in Chennai.
Washington D.C.
Second Print
A second print run of the Punji Trap was released on August 16 following strong demand . It includes include updated blurbs on the back cover, several clarifications and the removal of the odd typo.
Hong Kong
Indonesian author Rini Rica on the bus in Hong Kong. The Punji Trap is now on sale in many countries, including Thailand at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club where the author and veteran war correspondent Jim Pringle were guest speakers on April 25, 2018.
Kununarra, W.A.
Photo: Derek Mayes from the Doon Doon Roadhouse in Kununurra, outback Western Australia with his copy of the Punji Trap.
BBC Vietnam Service Interview with Luke Hunt
Black News Zone: Pham Xuan An’s Impact on the Vietnam War
Vietnam’s Focus on West Raises Hopes of Improved Press Freedom
Washington D.C.
Photo: Washington Times journalists Guy Taylor and Dan Boylan outside head office in Washington DC, with copies of the Punji Trap.
A Review by the Vietnam Veteran’s News
‘Painstakingly Researched’ Book on Viet Cong Spy is Well Received
BBC Vietnamese Service Profiles Pham Xuan An
Comment from Världsinbördeskriget
Bangkok
Photo: Bangkok-based freelance foreign correspondents Lindsay Murdoch, Paul Ruffini and Roland Neveu with a copy of the Punji Trap during a recent long lunch.
AsiaLIFE Interview: Australian Journalist Luke Hunt
From the Foreign Correspondents’ Club, Hong Kong
Kampot Readers’ & Writers’ Festival