2015
Episodes • 2015

1. Australia's Jihadis
30 min101 East explores why so many young Australians are risking their lives on the brutal front lines of Syria and Iraq.
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2. Truth or Lies: Somaly Mam
30 min101 East talks to Cambodia's fallen anti-sex trafficking icon as she fights to restore her reputation and save her NGO.
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3. The Last Reef on Earth
30 minCan marine scientists in Indonesia save the world's oceans with a 3D map of the most biodiverse region on earth?
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4. Cambodia's News Blackmailers
30 minHundreds of Cambodian journalists make a living by uncovering news and then extorting bribes to bury the story.
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5. Laos: Saviours of the Street
30 min101 East examines what is driving the high number of fatal road accidents in Laos and Southeast Asia.
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6. MH370: The Unending Search
30 minOne year after Flight MH370 vanished, 101 East investigates one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries.
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7. Denim Blues
30 minThe Chinese city of Xintang, known as the world's jeans capital, is home to an industry tainted by labour rights abuses.
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8. Malaysia's Woman Warrior
30 minWe follow the rise of Malaysia's first professional female mixed martial artist as she faces the fight of her life.
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9. Fake Pills: A Fatal Fraud
30 min101 East investigates the multi-billion-dollar trade in counterfeit medicines, which is creating a global health crisis.
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10. Sri Lanka: Widows of War
30 min101 East examines the plight of thousands of widows struggling to survive in post-war Sri Lanka.
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11. Sabah's Invisible Children
30 min101 East enters the world of Sabah's stateless children, who spend their lives on the run from authorities.
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12. Afghanistan's Billion Dollar Drug War
30 minAfghan authorities are struggling to control the resurgence in poppy farming that feeds the habits of addicts worldwide.
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13. Malaysia: Crackdown on Freedom
30 minMeet the Malaysians arrested under a controversial law that critics say is being used to silence government opponents.
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14. Kazakhstan's Hard Sell
30 minCan Kazakhstan become a world power and tourism hotspot despite its poor human rights record and steep prices?
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15. Nepal's Unsung Hero
30 min101 East follows one man's mission to restore hope to survivors of Nepal's worst natural disaster in recent history.
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16. China's Super Mums
30 min101 East explores the tradition of confinement for new mothers in modern China and the growing industry behind it.
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17. Vietnam's War Babies
30 minWe follow a Vietnam war baby as she searches for her roots and finds instead a new generation of Vietnamese orphans.
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18. Saving Thailand's Animals
30 minCan Thailand's new animal welfare laws curb cruelty inside lucrative tiger temples, elephant parks and wildlife parks?
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19. Taiwan's Secret Cancer
30 minCancer sufferers are taking on a company they say exposed them to toxic chemicals in a landmark class action lawsuit.
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20. Afghanistan: No Country for Women
30 minIn war-torn Afghanistan it is not the Taliban that poses the greatest threat to women - it is their own families.
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21. Southern Exposure
30 min101 East visits Antarctica where an extraordinary international community live, work and play together. But can it last?
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22. Papua New Guinea's Snake Man
30 minWe follow a reptile handler-turned-scientist in his quest to save thousands of people from deadly snakebites.
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23. Slaving Away
30 minWe expose the dirty secrets behind Australia's fresh food industry and the widespread exploitation of foreign workers.
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24. When I Die: Inside Japan's Death Industry
30 min101 East explores how Japan's funeral industry is getting creative as the ageing nation runs out of space for the dead.
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25. Becoming Pacquiao
30 minInspired by the rags-to-riches story of Manny Pacquiao, many Filipino fighters see boxing as a ticket out of poverty.
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26. Saving Mary Jane
30 minShe escaped death by firing squad with minutes to spare; now the fight is on to bring Filipina Mary Jane Veloso home.
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27. Japan's Womenomics
30 minThe island nation is pinning its hopes on women to save its flagging economy.
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28. Waiting for Eviction
30 min101 East meets Western Australia's indigenous communities who are facing eviction from their ancestral lands.
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29. Murder in Malaysia
30 min101 East investigates the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu and whether the real culprits remain at large.
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30. White Gold
30 minA 101 East investigation into the shadowy trade in illegal ivory and Hong Kong's role as a key conduit.
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31. South Korea: Kimchi Crazy
30 minSouth Korean cuisine has taken the world by storm, but has the love for food transformed into an unhealthy obsession?
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32. China: Tales of a City
30 min101 East follows the lives of seven people in Nanjing and asks what they think of the direction their country is taking.
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33. Bringing Them Home: Parental Abduction in Australia
30 min101 East explores why over 300 Australian children are abducted by a parent and taken overseas every year.
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35. Pakistan: Music Under Siege
30 minDespite facing death threats and censorship, can Pakistan's musicians mend an already crippled industry?
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36. PNG's Bundles of Joy
30 minWe follow a medical team on Papua New Guinea's remote islands working to reduce the rate of deaths during childbirth.
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37. Myanmar: Free and Fair?
30 minAhead of Myanmar's historic election, we meet activists refusing to buckle under a campaign of harassment and arrest.
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38. The Buzz Around Niue
30 minCan Niue, one of the world's smallest countries, save a global bee population under threat?
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39. An Attack on Bloggers
30 minAs harsh laws and a string of murders target Bangladeshi bloggers, 101 East meets those risking their lives.
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40. China: Faking It
30 minThe insatiable appetite for antiques by China's growing nouveau riche is feeding a counterfeit industry.
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41. Can you spot a fake antique?
30 minChina's forged antiques market is booming as the country's burgeoning mega-rich unknowingly buy them up.
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42. Hidden Harm: Australia's Drinking Mums
30 min101 East meets the mothers and children living with the tragic consequences of drinking alcohol when pregnant.
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43. China's Home Invasion
30 minAs thousands of Chinese are hunting for their dream homes abroad, we investigate the impact of their shopping spree.
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44. Indonesia: Where There's Smoke
30 minWe track down companies accused of being behind Indonesia's deadly fires that have caused a global environmental crisis.
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45. The Great Divide: Islamophobia in Australia
30 minIs anti-Islamic sentiment threatening Australia's celebrated multicultural identity?
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