101 East — Season 8

Aired 9 January 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 23 January 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 6 February 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 13 February 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 20 February 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 6 March 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 13 March 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 20 March 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 27 March 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 3 April 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 10 April 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 24 April 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 1 May 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 8 May 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 22 May 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 29 May 2014 • 30 min

"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."

Aired 5 June 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 12 June 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 19 June 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 26 June 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 10 July 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 17 July 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 21 July 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 24 July 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 31 July 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 7 August 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 14 August 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 21 August 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 28 August 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 4 September 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 11 September 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 2 October 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 9 October 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 16 October 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 23 October 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 29 October 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 6 November 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 13 November 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 20 November 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 27 November 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 11 December 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 18 December 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 31 December 2014 • 30 min

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

Aired 8 January 2014