Hi, I’m Luke. I’ve worked in Southeast Asia for more ten years, but I’m originally from Naarm, Melbourne, Australia. I’m an educator and independent media professional currently living on unceded Wadawurrung land.

I’m the Managing Editor of the bilingual Independent Journal of Burmese Scholarship (IJBS) and founder, host, and producer of the What’s Happening in Myanmar podcast for Frontier Myanmar. I ran the Myanmar Musings podcast for the Australian National University from 2016-2025. Its over 100 episodes are now archived.

I’ve had a long career working for NGOs, media companies, and political analysis organisations. I have an interest in fermentation, drinks, and cultural change. I published two coffee table books on drink in Southeast Asia with Silkworm Books. I also devised, researched, and wrote the treatment for a short documentary project in Cambodia. I roast coffee, mill local grains, and brew beer. You can try some of my beers in Myanmar and Thailand, brewed by Myanmar’s first craft brewer, the Burbrit Brewery, which I advised from its launch in 2017 up to the military coup in 2021.

Contact me at email@lukecorbin.org. I’m sometimes available for work requiring precise language skills and specialist knowledge of Southeast Asia. I particularly enjoy working with artisans and emerging scholars from the Zomia region.