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Bold, untold stories from across Asia and the Pacific. Al Jazeera's in-depth, weekly current affairs programme from the world's most populated region.
Episode 40 : Fleeing South Korea
December. 29,2016
Young skilled South Koreans throw away their careers for manual jobs overseas to flee the pressures of life at home.
Episode 39 : China's African Gold Rush
December. 15,2016
101 East travels into Ghana's tropical rainforest where 30,000 Chinese miners hunt for gold.
Episode 38 : China's Left-Behind Generation
December. 01,2016
Millions of China's children are growing up without their parents. We look at the struggles of a generation left behind.
Episode 37 : Malaysia: Babies for Sale
November. 24,2016
101 East investigates the sinister world of baby selling in Malaysia, where infants are sold to the highest bidder.
Episode 36 : Rodrigo Duterte: The President's Report Card
November. 17,2016
The Philippine president has been accused of ordering extrajudicial killings, but who is the man behind the headlines?
Episode 35 : India's Slave Brides
November. 10,2016
101 East investigates how every year, tens of thousands of girls and women in India are trafficked into slave marriages.
Episode 34 : Hope for Australia's Indigenous
October. 20,2016
We investigate how the Australian town of Bourke is trying to save their indigenous youth from a life of crime.
Episode 33 : Japan: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
October. 06,2016
A look at Japan's justice system as forced confessions and wrong convictions threaten to taint law enforcement agencies.
Episode 32 : Maid in Singapore
September. 29,2016
Agents in Myanmar are recruiting girls as young as 15 to work as domestic helpers in Singapore.
Episode 31 : The End of China Inc?
September. 15,2016
As time is running out for China to pay off its bad debts, 101 East investigates if this could be the end of China Inc.
Episode 30 : Asia's Kidney Black Market
September. 08,2016
We explore Asia's organ black market, from the villages of Nepal to the Indian city known as the 'Great Kidney Bazaar'.
Episode 29 : India's Miracle Babies
September. 01,2016
India's elderly new mothers: Are doctors playing God, or does every woman have the right to bear a child?
Episode 28 : Inside Fukushima's Time Bomb
August. 25,2016
Five years after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster many residents are still living in a radioactive nightmare.
Episode 27 : Finding Love In Japan
August. 18,2016
Romance is proving problematic for Japanese youth. Can state-sanctioned matchmaking provide the perfect love potion?
Episode 26 : The Rise of India's superbugs
August. 11,2016
Tens of thousands of newborns are dying every year in India from antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
Episode 25 : How to be a Chinese Tourist
July. 28,2016
We go on tour in Paris with the Chinese tour groups who have joined the notorious club of the world's worst tourists
Episode 24 : No Safe Haven: Chinese Dissidents Living in Fear
July. 21,2016
Thailand has long been a sanctuary for Chinese dissidents, but it no longer offers safety for those seeking refuge.
Episode 23 : Afghanistan: Medics Under Fire
July. 14,2016
We investigate the dangers facing medics on the frontline in the wake of a fatal attack on a hospital in Afghanistan.
Episode 22 : How Safe are Asia's Airlines?
July. 07,2016
101 East investigates if Asia's budget airlines are sacrificing safety as competition for passengers heats up.
Episode 21 : Afghanistan's Slippery Slopes
June. 23,2016
A ski industry has sprung up in the remote alps of Afghanistan. But will this enterprise survive a resurgent Taliban?
Episode 20 : Myanmar's Poppylands
June. 16,2016
Growing opium provides vital income for thousands of families in Myanmar but the drug is devastating entire communities.
Episode 19 : China's Rich Girls
June. 09,2016
We enter the inner circle of China's new generation of elites to get an insight into a world where money is no object.
Episode 18 : Good Morning Pakistan: Journalists Under Threat
June. 02,2016
In Pakistan's tribal areas, journalists risk it all to deliver the news.
Episode 17 : Shark Alarm: Protecting Australia's Swimmers
May. 19,2016
101 East dives headfirst into the debate over whether Australia is doing enough to protect swimmers from shark attacks.
Episode 16 : India's Love Detectives
May. 12,2016
Hiring private detectives to investigate lovers is big business in India as modern technology challenges tradition.
Episode 15 : Hong Kong: Aged and Abandoned
May. 05,2016
Hong Kong is one of the world's richest cities, so why are thousands of elderly residents collecting rubbish to survive?
Episode 14 : Hong Kong's Missing Booksellers
April. 21,2016
Five Hong Kong booksellers vanish, only to surface in China. How and why did they get there?
Episode 13 : Nepal: After the Earthquake
April. 14,2016
We return to Nepal to find out how people have endured the aftermath of one of the nation's deadliest natural disasters.
Episode 12 : Rodrigo Duterte: Guns, Goons and the Presidency
April. 07,2016
Using gun power, he cleaned up his violent city. Now he wants the Filipino presidency. We join his wild ride to the top.
Episode 11 : Cambodia, My New Home
March. 31,2016
We follow refugees who hoped to live in Australia as they are resettled in Cambodia in a controversial transfer deal.
Episode 10 : The Orangutan Whisperer
March. 24,2016
Can orangutan expert Leif Cocks and special jungle schools in Sumatra help save the endangered species from extinction?
Episode 9 : Cambodia: Unlicensed to Heal
March. 10,2016
101 East investigates Cambodia's healthcare system and asks if unlicensed village medics are the best hope for the sick.
Episode 8 : On Thin Ice: India's National Ice Hockey Team
March. 03,2016
India's national ice hockey team is fighting to win hearts and matches in their quest for international sporting glory.
Episode 7 : Inside Indonesia's Drug War
February. 25,2016
Indonesia's drug laws are some of the strictest in the world, but are long jail terms and capital punishment working?
Episode 6 : Australia: In the Line of Fire
February. 18,2016
Australians living in the world's most fire-prone region grapple daily with a life-or-death choice: fight or flight.
Episode 5 : South Korea's Hangover
February. 04,2016
South Koreans drink twice as much liquor as Russians, but is this national obsession with alcohol reversible?
Episode 4 : Behind Closed Doors: Domestic Violence in Australia
January. 28,2016
101 East examines why domestic violence touches so many Australian women and asks what is being done to turn the tide.
Episode 3 : Out of Sight: Malaysia's Orang Asli
January. 21,2016
101 East investigates what led to the deaths of five indigenous children who went missing in the jungles of Malaysia.
Episode 2 : Too Young to Wed: Child Marriage in Bangladesh
January. 14,2016
101 East travels to Bangladesh to find out why young girls are often forced to marry men twice their age.
Episode 1 : The Bounty Hunters
January. 06,2016
As weak law enforcement allows the Philippines' most wanted fugitives to evade capture, are bounty hunters the answer?
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