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    1. Japan: The next wave

    2014-01-09 · 30m

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

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    2. Tin Trouble

    2014-01-23 · 30m

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

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    3. Cry of the Tiger

    2014-02-06 · 30m

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

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    4. Philippines: Stray Bullets

    2014-02-13 · 30m

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

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    5. The Lost Boys

    2014-02-20 · 30m

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

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    6. The Dolphin Hunters

    2014-03-06 · 30m

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

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    7. The vanishing sea tribe

    2014-03-13 · 30m

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

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    8. Dying for fashion

    2014-03-20 · 30m

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

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    9. Killer crocs

    2014-03-27 · 30m

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

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    10. Indonesia's rock governor

    2014-04-03 · 30m

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

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    11. The ice age

    2014-04-10 · 30m

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

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    12. Modi the Messiah?

    2014-04-24 · 30m

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

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    13. A war on witches

    2014-05-01 · 30m

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

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    14. We built this city

    2014-05-08 · 30m

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

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    15. Bhutan's Forgotten People: Part 1

    2014-05-22 · 30m

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

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    16. Bhutan's Forgotten People: Part 2

    2014-05-29 · 30m

    "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."

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    17. When the battle comes home

    2014-06-05 · 30m

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

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    18. Humanoids

    2014-06-12 · 30m

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

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    19. Muzzling the messenger

    2014-06-19 · 30m

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

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    20. Thailand in turmoil

    2014-06-26 · 30m

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

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    21. Malaysia's gang menace

    2014-07-10 · 30m

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

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    22. The gift of sight

    2014-07-17 · 30m

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

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    23. Reef madness

    2014-07-21 · 30m

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

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    24. The baby makers

    2014-07-24 · 30m

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

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    25. East Meets Tech

    2014-07-31 · 30m

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

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    26. Food for thought

    2014-08-07 · 30m

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

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    27. Stalking cyber paedophiles

    2014-08-14 · 30m

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

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    28. The cost of beauty

    2014-08-21 · 30m

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

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    29. Solo mums

    2014-08-28 · 30m

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

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    30. Out of steppe

    2014-09-04 · 30m

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

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    31. Laos: The legacy

    2014-09-11 · 30m

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

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    32. Japan's throwaway children

    2014-10-02 · 30m

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

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    33. Drugged up Pakistan

    2014-10-09 · 30m

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

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    34. Ditching the draft

    2014-10-16 · 30m

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

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    35. Strangers in Paradise: Australia's offshore detainees

    2014-10-23 · 30m

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

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    36. Tibet calling

    2014-10-29 · 30m

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

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    37. Philippines: After Haiyan

    2014-11-06 · 30m

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

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    38. Battling the dry

    2014-11-13 · 30m

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

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    39. Malaysia's Unwanted

    2014-11-20 · 30m

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

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    40. Myanmar's Jade Curse

    2014-11-27 · 30m

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

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    41. Japan's stalking crisis

    2014-12-11 · 30m

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

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    42. Thailand's tainted robes

    2014-12-18 · 30m

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

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    43. Thailand's Blood Timber

    2014-12-31 · 30m

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

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    44. Special Episode 1

    2014-01-08

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