2016
Episodes • 2016

1. The Bounty Hunters
30 minAs weak law enforcement allows the Philippines' most wanted fugitives to evade capture, are bounty hunters the answer?
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2. Too Young to Wed: Child Marriage in Bangladesh
30 min101 East travels to Bangladesh to find out why young girls are often forced to marry men twice their age.
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3. Out of Sight: Malaysia's Orang Asli
30 min101 East investigates what led to the deaths of five indigenous children who went missing in the jungles of Malaysia.
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4. Behind Closed Doors: Domestic Violence in Australia
30 min101 East examines why domestic violence touches so many Australian women and asks what is being done to turn the tide.
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5. South Korea's Hangover
30 minSouth Koreans drink twice as much liquor as Russians, but is this national obsession with alcohol reversible?
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6. Australia: In the Line of Fire
30 minAustralians living in the world's most fire-prone region grapple daily with a life-or-death choice: fight or flight.
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7. Inside Indonesia's Drug War
30 minIndonesia's drug laws are some of the strictest in the world, but are long jail terms and capital punishment working?
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8. On Thin Ice: India's National Ice Hockey Team
30 minIndia's national ice hockey team is fighting to win hearts and matches in their quest for international sporting glory.
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9. Cambodia: Unlicensed to Heal
30 min101 East investigates Cambodia's healthcare system and asks if unlicensed village medics are the best hope for the sick.
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10. The Orangutan Whisperer
30 minCan orangutan expert Leif Cocks and special jungle schools in Sumatra help save the endangered species from extinction?
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11. Cambodia, My New Home
30 minWe follow refugees who hoped to live in Australia as they are resettled in Cambodia in a controversial transfer deal.
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12. Rodrigo Duterte: Guns, Goons and the Presidency
30 minUsing gun power, he cleaned up his violent city. Now he wants the Filipino presidency. We join his wild ride to the top.
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13. Nepal: After the Earthquake
30 minWe return to Nepal to find out how people have endured the aftermath of one of the nation's deadliest natural disasters.
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14. Hong Kong's Missing Booksellers
30 minFive Hong Kong booksellers vanish, only to surface in China. How and why did they get there?
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15. Hong Kong: Aged and Abandoned
30 minHong Kong is one of the world's richest cities, so why are thousands of elderly residents collecting rubbish to survive?
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16. India's Love Detectives
30 minHiring private detectives to investigate lovers is big business in India as modern technology challenges tradition.
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17. Shark Alarm: Protecting Australia's Swimmers
30 min101 East dives headfirst into the debate over whether Australia is doing enough to protect swimmers from shark attacks.
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18. Good Morning Pakistan: Journalists Under Threat
30 minIn Pakistan's tribal areas, journalists risk it all to deliver the news.
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19. China's Rich Girls
30 minWe enter the inner circle of China's new generation of elites to get an insight into a world where money is no object.
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20. Myanmar's Poppylands
30 minGrowing opium provides vital income for thousands of families in Myanmar but the drug is devastating entire communities.
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21. Afghanistan's Slippery Slopes
30 minA ski industry has sprung up in the remote alps of Afghanistan. But will this enterprise survive a resurgent Taliban?
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22. How Safe are Asia's Airlines?
30 min101 East investigates if Asia's budget airlines are sacrificing safety as competition for passengers heats up.
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23. Afghanistan: Medics Under Fire
30 minWe investigate the dangers facing medics on the frontline in the wake of a fatal attack on a hospital in Afghanistan.
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24. No Safe Haven: Chinese Dissidents Living in Fear
30 minThailand has long been a sanctuary for Chinese dissidents, but it no longer offers safety for those seeking refuge.
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25. How to be a Chinese Tourist
30 minWe go on tour in Paris with the Chinese tour groups who have joined the notorious club of the world's worst tourists
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26. The Rise of India's superbugs
30 minTens of thousands of newborns are dying every year in India from antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
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27. Finding Love In Japan
30 minRomance is proving problematic for Japanese youth. Can state-sanctioned matchmaking provide the perfect love potion?
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28. Inside Fukushima's Time Bomb
30 minFive years after Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster many residents are still living in a radioactive nightmare.
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29. India's Miracle Babies
30 minIndia's elderly new mothers: Are doctors playing God, or does every woman have the right to bear a child?
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30. Asia's Kidney Black Market
30 minWe explore Asia's organ black market, from the villages of Nepal to the Indian city known as the 'Great Kidney Bazaar'.
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31. The End of China Inc?
30 minAs time is running out for China to pay off its bad debts, 101 East investigates if this could be the end of China Inc.
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32. Maid in Singapore
30 minAgents in Myanmar are recruiting girls as young as 15 to work as domestic helpers in Singapore.
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33. Japan: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
30 minA look at Japan's justice system as forced confessions and wrong convictions threaten to taint law enforcement agencies.
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34. Hope for Australia's Indigenous
30 minWe investigate how the Australian town of Bourke is trying to save their indigenous youth from a life of crime.
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35. India's Slave Brides
30 min101 East investigates how every year, tens of thousands of girls and women in India are trafficked into slave marriages.
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36. Rodrigo Duterte: The President's Report Card
30 minThe Philippine president has been accused of ordering extrajudicial killings, but who is the man behind the headlines?
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37. Malaysia: Babies for Sale
30 min101 East investigates the sinister world of baby selling in Malaysia, where infants are sold to the highest bidder.
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38. China's Left-Behind Generation
30 minMillions of China's children are growing up without their parents. We look at the struggles of a generation left behind.
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39. China's African Gold Rush
30 min101 East travels into Ghana's tropical rainforest where 30,000 Chinese miners hunt for gold.
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40. Fleeing South Korea
30 minYoung skilled South Koreans throw away their careers for manual jobs overseas to flee the pressures of life at home.
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