2016

Episodes • 2016

The Bounty Hunters

1. The Bounty Hunters

30 min

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

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Too Young to Wed: Child Marriage in Bangladesh

2. Too Young to Wed: Child Marriage in Bangladesh

30 min

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

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Out of Sight: Malaysia's Orang Asli

3. Out of Sight: Malaysia's Orang Asli

30 min

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

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Behind Closed Doors: Domestic Violence in Australia

4. Behind Closed Doors: Domestic Violence in Australia

30 min

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

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South Korea's Hangover

5. South Korea's Hangover

30 min

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

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Australia: In the Line of Fire

6. Australia: In the Line of Fire

30 min

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

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Inside Indonesia's Drug War

7. Inside Indonesia's Drug War

30 min

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

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On Thin Ice: India's National Ice Hockey Team

8. On Thin Ice: India's National Ice Hockey Team

30 min

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

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Cambodia: Unlicensed to Heal

9. Cambodia: Unlicensed to Heal

30 min

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

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The Orangutan Whisperer

10. The Orangutan Whisperer

30 min

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

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Cambodia, My New Home

11. Cambodia, My New Home

30 min

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

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Rodrigo Duterte: Guns, Goons and the Presidency

12. Rodrigo Duterte: Guns, Goons and the Presidency

30 min

Using 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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Nepal: After the Earthquake

13. Nepal: After the Earthquake

30 min

We 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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Hong Kong's Missing Booksellers

14. Hong Kong's Missing Booksellers

30 min

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

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Hong Kong: Aged and Abandoned

15. Hong Kong: Aged and Abandoned

30 min

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

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India's Love Detectives

16. India's Love Detectives

30 min

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

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Shark Alarm: Protecting Australia's Swimmers

17. Shark Alarm: Protecting Australia's Swimmers

30 min

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

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Good Morning Pakistan: Journalists Under Threat

18. Good Morning Pakistan: Journalists Under Threat

30 min

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

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China's Rich Girls

19. China's Rich Girls

30 min

We 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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Myanmar's Poppylands

20. Myanmar's Poppylands

30 min

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

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Afghanistan's Slippery Slopes

21. Afghanistan's Slippery Slopes

30 min

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

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How Safe are Asia's Airlines?

22. How Safe are Asia's Airlines?

30 min

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

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Afghanistan: Medics Under Fire

23. Afghanistan: Medics Under Fire

30 min

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

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No Safe Haven: Chinese Dissidents Living in Fear

24. No Safe Haven: Chinese Dissidents Living in Fear

30 min

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

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How to be a Chinese Tourist

25. How to be a Chinese Tourist

30 min

We 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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The Rise of India's superbugs

26. The Rise of India's superbugs

30 min

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

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Finding Love In Japan

27. Finding Love In Japan

30 min

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

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Inside Fukushima's Time Bomb

28. Inside Fukushima's Time Bomb

30 min

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

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India's Miracle Babies

29. India's Miracle Babies

30 min

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

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Asia's Kidney Black Market

30. Asia's Kidney Black Market

30 min

We 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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The End of China Inc?

31. The End of China Inc?

30 min

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.

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Maid in Singapore

32. Maid in Singapore

30 min

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

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Japan: Guilty Until Proven Innocent

33. Japan: Guilty Until Proven Innocent

30 min

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

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Hope for Australia's Indigenous

34. Hope for Australia's Indigenous

30 min

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

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India's Slave Brides

35. India's Slave Brides

30 min

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

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Rodrigo Duterte: The President's Report Card

36. Rodrigo Duterte: The President's Report Card

30 min

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

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Malaysia: Babies for Sale

37. Malaysia: Babies for Sale

30 min

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

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China's Left-Behind Generation

38. China's Left-Behind Generation

30 min

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

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China's African Gold Rush

39. China's African Gold Rush

30 min

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

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Fleeing South Korea

40. Fleeing South Korea

30 min

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

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