101 East

Mar 23, 2007

Teymoor Nabili looks at how the Thai government is butting heads with the multinational pharmaceutical giants.

Sep 11, 2015

Season 5 of 101 East premiered on Sept, 2015.

Jan 9, 2014

We investigate the long-term effects of the 2011 tsunami, including a potential cancer threat for Fukushima's children.

Jan 23, 2014

"Indonesia is the world’s biggest tin exporter but for poverty stricken miners, the costs are deadly. "

Feb 6, 2014

Neglected and mistreated, endangered animals are dying inside Indonesia's disease-ridden Surabaya Zoo.

Feb 13, 2014

We venture into the crime-ridden neighbourhoods of the Philippines to examine if a new law can get rid of gun violence.

Feb 20, 2014

We explore the plight of thousands of children working in the dangerous coal mines of India’s Meghalaya state.

Mar 6, 2014

We join an annual tribal dolphin hunt in the Solomon Islands and ask whether this ancient practice should be stopped.

Mar 13, 2014

Thailand's Moken tribe foresaw and survived the 2004 tsunami, but are the traditions that saved them being abandoned?

Mar 20, 2014

Deadly clashes between poor garment workers and police are threatening to cripple Cambodia's largest export industry.

Mar 27, 2014

As saltwater crocodiles stalk Australia's waterways, we investigate if they should be culled to curb attacks on humans.

Apr 3, 2014

We go behind the scenes with the man tipped to become Indonesia's next president – governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo.

Apr 10, 2014

101 East explores methamphetamine abuse in Australia often resulting in violent assaults and mental health breakdowns.

Apr 24, 2014

101 East goes on the campaign trail with Narendra Modi, the man tipped to be the next Prime Minister of India.

May 1, 2014

As witch-hunts and sorcery killings spread across Papua New Guinea, 101 East investigates shocking human rights abuses.

May 8, 2014

After Singapore's first riot in decades, locals ask hard questions about the migrant worker abuse.

May 22, 2014

A two-part series follows ethnic Nepalese after they were expelled by Bhutan and found themselves stateless.

May 29, 2014

"In the second of a two-part special on ‘Bhutan’s Forgotten People’, 101 East follows Sabitra Biswa as she leaves a refugee camp in Nepal for a new life in the United States. Sabitra was one of 100,000 ethnic Nepalese forced out of Bhutan in the early 1990s in what many describe as systematic ethnic cleansing."

Jun 5, 2014

101 East looks at the rising rates of mental health problems among Australian veterans of the war in Afghanistan.

Jun 12, 2014

The development of robots that could save lives is an unparalleled breakthrough, but what if they also could kill?

Jun 19, 2014

Hong Kong’s press was once the most free in Asia, but many believe it is under attack from the central government.

Jun 26, 2014

As Thailand reels from its 12th military coup, what will it take to break the dangerous divide in this polarized nation?

Jul 10, 2014

Malaysia’s violent ganglands are luring many ethnic indians struggling to fit into a segregated society.

Jul 17, 2014

A Nepalese doctor takes an Indonesian woman under his tutelage and brings the gift of sight to the world's destitute.

Jul 21, 2014

The Spratly Islands in the South China Sea are resource rich and claimed by vying countries.

Jul 24, 2014

We meet the couples desperate for a child and the women in India who give birth to babies they will never know.

Jul 31, 2014

101 East heads to Silicon Valley to investigate the Asian influence on America's high-tech boom.

Aug 7, 2014

101 East goes undercover to expose the hidden harm in China's food industry.

Aug 14, 2014

101 East examines how children in the Philippines are exploited when child sex predators lurk online.

Aug 21, 2014

101 East delves into Korea's plastic surgery craze and uncovers the real price of pursuing physical perfection.

Aug 28, 2014

What drives single mothers in South Korea to abandon their babies?

Sep 4, 2014

Mongolia's booming economy is growing millionaires, but what happens to those who miss out or are left behind?

Sep 11, 2014

A group of women risk life and limb to clear Laos of cluster bombs and make their country safe for future generations.

Oct 2, 2014

In a country that frowns upon foster care, 33,000 children from abusive homes are growing up in state institutions.

Oct 9, 2014

With more than six million drug users and rising, can Pakistan win its fight against the billion-dollar narcotics trade?

Oct 16, 2014

We gain exclusive access to Taiwan's special forces and ask if the island can fend off China with a volunteer army.

Oct 23, 2014

We travel to remote Manus Island in Papua New Guinea to investigate Australia's refugee detention programme.

Oct 29, 2014

101 East travels to an isolated outpost of Tibetan culture in Nepal that is at risk of losing its unique way of life.

Nov 6, 2014

We returned to the Philippines in 2014 to see how survivors of Typhoon Haiyan were coping in the hardest-hit areas.

Nov 13, 2014

101 East explores the human cost of the severe drought paralysing Australia’s north.

Nov 20, 2014

With refugees at risk of abuse and exploitation in Malaysia, 101 East investigates if those in charge are doing enough.

Nov 27, 2014

China's jade obsession drives a multi-billion dollar black market that fuels a drug-infested jade mining industry.

Dec 11, 2014

Stalkers are terrorising more and more women across the country, with 21,000 cases reported to police in 2013.

Dec 18, 2014

As scandals involving misbehaving monks rock the nation, 101 East examines if Thailand can save its moral soul.

Dec 31, 2014

101 East follows the trail of illegal poachers who risk it all for the exotic hardwood, driving a species to extinction.

Jan 8, 2014

Jan 29, 2015

101 East explores why so many young Australians are risking their lives on the brutal front lines of Syria and Iraq.

Feb 5, 2015

101 East talks to Cambodia's fallen anti-sex trafficking icon as she fights to restore her reputation and save her NGO.

Feb 12, 2015

Can marine scientists in Indonesia save the world's oceans with a 3D map of the most biodiverse region on earth?

Feb 19, 2015

Hundreds of Cambodian journalists make a living by uncovering news and then extorting bribes to bury the story.

Feb 26, 2015

101 East examines what is driving the high number of fatal road accidents in Laos and Southeast Asia.

Mar 5, 2015

One year after Flight MH370 vanished, 101 East investigates one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries.

Mar 19, 2015

The Chinese city of Xintang, known as the world's jeans capital, is home to an industry tainted by labour rights abuses.

Mar 26, 2015

We follow the rise of Malaysia's first professional female mixed martial artist as she faces the fight of her life.

Apr 9, 2015

101 East investigates the multi-billion-dollar trade in counterfeit medicines, which is creating a global health crisis.

Apr 23, 2015

101 East examines the plight of thousands of widows struggling to survive in post-war Sri Lanka.

Apr 30, 2015

101 East enters the world of Sabah's stateless children, who spend their lives on the run from authorities.

May 7, 2015

Afghan authorities are struggling to control the resurgence in poppy farming that feeds the habits of addicts worldwide.

May 14, 2015

Meet the Malaysians arrested under a controversial law that critics say is being used to silence government opponents.

May 21, 2015

Can Kazakhstan become a world power and tourism hotspot despite its poor human rights record and steep prices?

May 28, 2015

101 East follows one man's mission to restore hope to survivors of Nepal's worst natural disaster in recent history.

Jun 4, 2015

101 East explores the tradition of confinement for new mothers in modern China and the growing industry behind it.

Jun 11, 2015

We follow a Vietnam war baby as she searches for her roots and finds instead a new generation of Vietnamese orphans.

Jun 18, 2015

Can Thailand's new animal welfare laws curb cruelty inside lucrative tiger temples, elephant parks and wildlife parks?

Jun 25, 2015

Cancer sufferers are taking on a company they say exposed them to toxic chemicals in a landmark class action lawsuit.

Jul 2, 2015

In war-torn Afghanistan it is not the Taliban that poses the greatest threat to women - it is their own families.

Jul 9, 2015

101 East visits Antarctica where an extraordinary international community live, work and play together. But can it last?

Jul 16, 2015

We follow a reptile handler-turned-scientist in his quest to save thousands of people from deadly snakebites.

Jul 23, 2015

We expose the dirty secrets behind Australia's fresh food industry and the widespread exploitation of foreign workers.

Jul 30, 2015

101 East explores how Japan's funeral industry is getting creative as the ageing nation runs out of space for the dead.

Aug 13, 2015

Inspired by the rags-to-riches story of Manny Pacquiao, many Filipino fighters see boxing as a ticket out of poverty.

Aug 20, 2015

She escaped death by firing squad with minutes to spare; now the fight is on to bring Filipina Mary Jane Veloso home.

Aug 27, 2015

The island nation is pinning its hopes on women to save its flagging economy.

Sep 3, 2015

101 East meets Western Australia's indigenous communities who are facing eviction from their ancestral lands.

Sep 10, 2015

101 East investigates the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu and whether the real culprits remain at large.

Sep 17, 2015

A 101 East investigation into the shadowy trade in illegal ivory and Hong Kong's role as a key conduit.

Sep 24, 2015

South Korean cuisine has taken the world by storm, but has the love for food transformed into an unhealthy obsession?

Oct 1, 2015

101 East follows the lives of seven people in Nanjing and asks what they think of the direction their country is taking.

Oct 8, 2015

101 East explores why over 300 Australian children are abducted by a parent and taken overseas every year.

Oct 15, 2015

Cambodia: Circus of Hope

Oct 22, 2015

Despite facing death threats and censorship, can Pakistan's musicians mend an already crippled industry?

Oct 29, 2015

We follow a medical team on Papua New Guinea's remote islands working to reduce the rate of deaths during childbirth.

Nov 5, 2015

Ahead of Myanmar's historic election, we meet activists refusing to buckle under a campaign of harassment and arrest.

Nov 12, 2015

Can Niue, one of the world's smallest countries, save a global bee population under threat?

Nov 19, 2015

As harsh laws and a string of murders target Bangladeshi bloggers, 101 East meets those risking their lives.

Nov 25, 2015

The insatiable appetite for antiques by China's growing nouveau riche is feeding a counterfeit industry.

Nov 26, 2015

China's forged antiques market is booming as the country's burgeoning mega-rich unknowingly buy them up.

Dec 3, 2015

101 East meets the mothers and children living with the tragic consequences of drinking alcohol when pregnant.

Dec 3, 2015

As thousands of Chinese are hunting for their dream homes abroad, we investigate the impact of their shopping spree.

Dec 10, 2015

We track down companies accused of being behind Indonesia's deadly fires that have caused a global environmental crisis.

Dec 17, 2015

Is anti-Islamic sentiment threatening Australia's celebrated multicultural identity?

Jan 6, 2016

As weak law enforcement allows the Philippines' most wanted fugitives to evade capture, are bounty hunters the answer?

Jan 14, 2016

101 East travels to Bangladesh to find out why young girls are often forced to marry men twice their age.

Jan 21, 2016

101 East investigates what led to the deaths of five indigenous children who went missing in the jungles of Malaysia.

Jan 28, 2016

101 East examines why domestic violence touches so many Australian women and asks what is being done to turn the tide.

Feb 4, 2016

South Koreans drink twice as much liquor as Russians, but is this national obsession with alcohol reversible?

Feb 18, 2016

Australians living in the world's most fire-prone region grapple daily with a life-or-death choice: fight or flight.

Feb 25, 2016

Indonesia's drug laws are some of the strictest in the world, but are long jail terms and capital punishment working?

Mar 3, 2016

India's national ice hockey team is fighting to win hearts and matches in their quest for international sporting glory.

Mar 10, 2016

101 East investigates Cambodia's healthcare system and asks if unlicensed village medics are the best hope for the sick.

Mar 24, 2016

Can orangutan expert Leif Cocks and special jungle schools in Sumatra help save the endangered species from extinction?

Mar 31, 2016

We follow refugees who hoped to live in Australia as they are resettled in Cambodia in a controversial transfer deal.

Apr 7, 2016

Using gun power, he cleaned up his violent city. Now he wants the Filipino presidency. We join his wild ride to the top.

Apr 14, 2016

We return to Nepal to find out how people have endured the aftermath of one of the nation's deadliest natural disasters.

Apr 21, 2016

Five Hong Kong booksellers vanish, only to surface in China. How and why did they get there?

May 5, 2016

Hong Kong is one of the world's richest cities, so why are thousands of elderly residents collecting rubbish to survive?

May 12, 2016

Hiring private detectives to investigate lovers is big business in India as modern technology challenges tradition.

May 19, 2016

101 East dives headfirst into the debate over whether Australia is doing enough to protect swimmers from shark attacks.

Jun 2, 2016

In Pakistan's tribal areas, journalists risk it all to deliver the news.

Jun 9, 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.

Jun 16, 2016

Growing opium provides vital income for thousands of families in Myanmar but the drug is devastating entire communities.

Jun 23, 2016

A ski industry has sprung up in the remote alps of Afghanistan. But will this enterprise survive a resurgent Taliban?

Jul 7, 2016

101 East investigates if Asia's budget airlines are sacrificing safety as competition for passengers heats up.

Jul 14, 2016

We investigate the dangers facing medics on the frontline in the wake of a fatal attack on a hospital in Afghanistan.

Jul 21, 2016

Thailand has long been a sanctuary for Chinese dissidents, but it no longer offers safety for those seeking refuge.

Jul 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

Aug 11, 2016

Tens of thousands of newborns are dying every year in India from antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

Aug 18, 2016

Romance is proving problematic for Japanese youth. Can state-sanctioned matchmaking provide the perfect love potion?

Aug 25, 2016

Five years after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster many residents are still living in a radioactive nightmare.

Sep 1, 2016

India's elderly new mothers: Are doctors playing God, or does every woman have the right to bear a child?

Sep 8, 2016

We explore Asia's organ black market, from the villages of Nepal to the Indian city known as the 'Great Kidney Bazaar'.

Sep 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.

Sep 29, 2016

Agents in Myanmar are recruiting girls as young as 15 to work as domestic helpers in Singapore.

Oct 6, 2016

A look at Japan's justice system as forced confessions and wrong convictions threaten to taint law enforcement agencies.

Oct 20, 2016

We investigate how the Australian town of Bourke is trying to save their indigenous youth from a life of crime.

Nov 10, 2016

101 East investigates how every year, tens of thousands of girls and women in India are trafficked into slave marriages.

Nov 17, 2016

The Philippine president has been accused of ordering extrajudicial killings, but who is the man behind the headlines?

Nov 24, 2016

101 East investigates the sinister world of baby selling in Malaysia, where infants are sold to the highest bidder.

Dec 1, 2016

Millions of China's children are growing up without their parents. We look at the struggles of a generation left behind.

Dec 15, 2016

101 East travels into Ghana's tropical rainforest where 30,000 Chinese miners hunt for gold.

Dec 29, 2016

Young skilled South Koreans throw away their careers for manual jobs overseas to flee the pressures of life at home.

Jan 5, 2017

101 East explores the tradition of confinement for new mothers in modern China and the growing industry behind it.

Jan 12, 2017

101 East investigates the suspicious murder of a political activist in Cambodia.

Jan 19, 2017

Vietnam's young tech entrepreneurs are transforming the country into Southeast Asia's Silicon Valley.

Jan 26, 2017

We join Afghan forces on the frontlines in Helmand, as they try to keep the Taliban from seizing a crucial capital.

Feb 9, 2017

Is India's crackdown on Kashmiri protesters creating new generation of young fighters?

Feb 16, 2017

101 East investigates sexual misconduct inside the most powerful institution in the Philippines - the Catholic Church.

Mar 2, 2017

101 East goes inside the Dalit protest movement threatening to end centuries of repression and shake the foundations of India’s social structure.

Mar 9, 2017

101 East investigates the fate of four young girls in Pakistan, where honour killings are endemic and modern technology is challenging old beliefs.

Sep 21, 2017

Confronted with a shortage of women, men in the Faroe Islands are increasingly seeking wives from Southeast Asia. But what's it like for the women who swap the tropics for this windswept archipelago?