2015

Episodes • 2015

Australia's Jihadis

1. Australia's Jihadis

30 min

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

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Truth or Lies: Somaly Mam

2. Truth or Lies: Somaly Mam

30 min

101 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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The Last Reef on Earth

3. The Last Reef on Earth

30 min

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

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Cambodia's News Blackmailers

4. Cambodia's News Blackmailers

30 min

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

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Laos: Saviours of the Street

5. Laos: Saviours of the Street

30 min

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

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MH370: The Unending Search

6. MH370: The Unending Search

30 min

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

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Denim Blues

7. Denim Blues

30 min

The 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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Malaysia's Woman Warrior

8. Malaysia's Woman Warrior

30 min

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

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Fake Pills: A Fatal Fraud

9. Fake Pills: A Fatal Fraud

30 min

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

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Sri Lanka: Widows of War

10. Sri Lanka: Widows of War

30 min

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

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Sabah's Invisible Children

11. Sabah's Invisible Children

30 min

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

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Afghanistan's Billion Dollar Drug War

12. Afghanistan's Billion Dollar Drug War

30 min

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

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Malaysia: Crackdown on Freedom

13. Malaysia: Crackdown on Freedom

30 min

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

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Kazakhstan's Hard Sell

14. Kazakhstan's Hard Sell

30 min

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

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Nepal's Unsung Hero

15. Nepal's Unsung Hero

30 min

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

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China's Super Mums

16. China's Super Mums

30 min

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

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Vietnam's War Babies

17. Vietnam's War Babies

30 min

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

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Saving Thailand's Animals

18. Saving Thailand's Animals

30 min

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

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Taiwan's Secret Cancer

19. Taiwan's Secret Cancer

30 min

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

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Afghanistan: No Country for Women

20. Afghanistan: No Country for Women

30 min

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

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Southern Exposure

21. Southern Exposure

30 min

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

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Papua New Guinea's Snake Man

22. Papua New Guinea's Snake Man

30 min

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

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Slaving Away

23. Slaving Away

30 min

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

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When I Die: Inside Japan's Death Industry

24. When I Die: Inside Japan's Death Industry

30 min

101 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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Becoming Pacquiao

25. Becoming Pacquiao

30 min

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

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Saving Mary Jane

26. Saving Mary Jane

30 min

She 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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Japan's Womenomics

27. Japan's Womenomics

30 min

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

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Waiting for Eviction

28. Waiting for Eviction

30 min

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

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Murder in Malaysia

29. Murder in Malaysia

30 min

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

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White Gold

30. White Gold

30 min

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

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South Korea: Kimchi Crazy

31. South Korea: Kimchi Crazy

30 min

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

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China: Tales of a City

32. China: Tales of a City

30 min

101 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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Bringing Them Home: Parental Abduction in Australia

33. Bringing Them Home: Parental Abduction in Australia

30 min

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

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Cambodia: Circus of Hope

34. Cambodia: Circus of Hope

30 min

Cambodia: Circus of Hope

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Pakistan: Music Under Siege

35. Pakistan: Music Under Siege

30 min

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

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PNG's Bundles of Joy

36. PNG's Bundles of Joy

30 min

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

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Myanmar: Free and Fair?

37. Myanmar: Free and Fair?

30 min

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

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The Buzz Around Niue

38. The Buzz Around Niue

30 min

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

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An Attack on Bloggers

39. An Attack on Bloggers

30 min

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

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China: Faking It

40. China: Faking It

30 min

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

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Can you spot a fake antique?

41. Can you spot a fake antique?

30 min

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

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Hidden Harm: Australia's Drinking Mums

42. Hidden Harm: Australia's Drinking Mums

30 min

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

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China's Home Invasion

43. China's Home Invasion

30 min

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

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Indonesia: Where There's Smoke

44. Indonesia: Where There's Smoke

30 min

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

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The Great Divide: Islamophobia in Australia

45. The Great Divide: Islamophobia in Australia

30 min

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

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