About this season
Bold, untold stories from across Asia and the Pacific. Al Jazeera's in-depth, weekly current affairs programme from the world's most populated region.
Episodes (45)
1. Australia's Jihadis
Aired 29 January 2015 • 30 min
101 East explores why so many young Australians are risking their lives on the brutal front lines of Syria and Iraq.
2. Truth or Lies: Somaly Mam
Aired 5 February 2015 • 30 min
101 East talks to Cambodia's fallen anti-sex trafficking icon as she fights to restore her reputation and save her NGO.
3. The Last Reef on Earth
Aired 12 February 2015 • 30 min
Can marine scientists in Indonesia save the world's oceans with a 3D map of the most biodiverse region on earth?
4. Cambodia's News Blackmailers
Aired 19 February 2015 • 30 min
Hundreds of Cambodian journalists make a living by uncovering news and then extorting bribes to bury the story.
5. Laos: Saviours of the Street
Aired 26 February 2015 • 30 min
101 East examines what is driving the high number of fatal road accidents in Laos and Southeast Asia.
6. MH370: The Unending Search
Aired 5 March 2015 • 30 min
One year after Flight MH370 vanished, 101 East investigates one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries.
7. Denim Blues
Aired 19 March 2015 • 30 min
The Chinese city of Xintang, known as the world's jeans capital, is home to an industry tainted by labour rights abuses.
8. Malaysia's Woman Warrior
Aired 26 March 2015 • 30 min
We follow the rise of Malaysia's first professional female mixed martial artist as she faces the fight of her life.
9. Fake Pills: A Fatal Fraud
Aired 9 April 2015 • 30 min
101 East investigates the multi-billion-dollar trade in counterfeit medicines, which is creating a global health crisis.
10. Sri Lanka: Widows of War
Aired 23 April 2015 • 30 min
101 East examines the plight of thousands of widows struggling to survive in post-war Sri Lanka.
11. Sabah's Invisible Children
Aired 30 April 2015 • 30 min
101 East enters the world of Sabah's stateless children, who spend their lives on the run from authorities.
12. Afghanistan's Billion Dollar Drug War
Aired 7 May 2015 • 30 min
Afghan authorities are struggling to control the resurgence in poppy farming that feeds the habits of addicts worldwide.
13. Malaysia: Crackdown on Freedom
Aired 14 May 2015 • 30 min
Meet the Malaysians arrested under a controversial law that critics say is being used to silence government opponents.
14. Kazakhstan's Hard Sell
Aired 21 May 2015 • 30 min
Can Kazakhstan become a world power and tourism hotspot despite its poor human rights record and steep prices?
15. Nepal's Unsung Hero
Aired 28 May 2015 • 30 min
101 East follows one man's mission to restore hope to survivors of Nepal's worst natural disaster in recent history.
16. China's Super Mums
Aired 4 June 2015 • 30 min
101 East explores the tradition of confinement for new mothers in modern China and the growing industry behind it.
17. Vietnam's War Babies
Aired 11 June 2015 • 30 min
We follow a Vietnam war baby as she searches for her roots and finds instead a new generation of Vietnamese orphans.
18. Saving Thailand's Animals
Aired 18 June 2015 • 30 min
Can Thailand's new animal welfare laws curb cruelty inside lucrative tiger temples, elephant parks and wildlife parks?
19. Taiwan's Secret Cancer
Aired 25 June 2015 • 30 min
Cancer sufferers are taking on a company they say exposed them to toxic chemicals in a landmark class action lawsuit.
20. Afghanistan: No Country for Women
Aired 2 July 2015 • 30 min
In war-torn Afghanistan it is not the Taliban that poses the greatest threat to women - it is their own families.
21. Southern Exposure
Aired 9 July 2015 • 30 min
101 East visits Antarctica where an extraordinary international community live, work and play together. But can it last?
22. Papua New Guinea's Snake Man
Aired 16 July 2015 • 30 min
We follow a reptile handler-turned-scientist in his quest to save thousands of people from deadly snakebites.
23. Slaving Away
Aired 23 July 2015 • 30 min
We expose the dirty secrets behind Australia's fresh food industry and the widespread exploitation of foreign workers.
24. When I Die: Inside Japan's Death Industry
Aired 30 July 2015 • 30 min
101 East explores how Japan's funeral industry is getting creative as the ageing nation runs out of space for the dead.
25. Becoming Pacquiao
Aired 13 August 2015 • 30 min
Inspired by the rags-to-riches story of Manny Pacquiao, many Filipino fighters see boxing as a ticket out of poverty.
26. Saving Mary Jane
Aired 20 August 2015 • 30 min
She escaped death by firing squad with minutes to spare; now the fight is on to bring Filipina Mary Jane Veloso home.
27. Japan's Womenomics
Aired 27 August 2015 • 30 min
The island nation is pinning its hopes on women to save its flagging economy.
28. Waiting for Eviction
Aired 3 September 2015 • 30 min
101 East meets Western Australia's indigenous communities who are facing eviction from their ancestral lands.
29. Murder in Malaysia
Aired 10 September 2015 • 30 min
101 East investigates the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu and whether the real culprits remain at large.
30. White Gold
Aired 17 September 2015 • 30 min
A 101 East investigation into the shadowy trade in illegal ivory and Hong Kong's role as a key conduit.
31. South Korea: Kimchi Crazy
Aired 24 September 2015 • 30 min
South Korean cuisine has taken the world by storm, but has the love for food transformed into an unhealthy obsession?
32. China: Tales of a City
Aired 1 October 2015 • 30 min
101 East follows the lives of seven people in Nanjing and asks what they think of the direction their country is taking.
33. Bringing Them Home: Parental Abduction in Australia
Aired 8 October 2015 • 30 min
101 East explores why over 300 Australian children are abducted by a parent and taken overseas every year.
34. Cambodia: Circus of Hope
Aired 15 October 2015 • 30 min
Cambodia: Circus of Hope
35. Pakistan: Music Under Siege
Aired 22 October 2015 • 30 min
Despite facing death threats and censorship, can Pakistan's musicians mend an already crippled industry?
36. PNG's Bundles of Joy
Aired 29 October 2015 • 30 min
We follow a medical team on Papua New Guinea's remote islands working to reduce the rate of deaths during childbirth.
37. Myanmar: Free and Fair?
Aired 5 November 2015 • 30 min
Ahead of Myanmar's historic election, we meet activists refusing to buckle under a campaign of harassment and arrest.
38. The Buzz Around Niue
Aired 12 November 2015 • 30 min
Can Niue, one of the world's smallest countries, save a global bee population under threat?
39. An Attack on Bloggers
Aired 19 November 2015 • 30 min
As harsh laws and a string of murders target Bangladeshi bloggers, 101 East meets those risking their lives.
40. China: Faking It
Aired 25 November 2015 • 30 min
The insatiable appetite for antiques by China's growing nouveau riche is feeding a counterfeit industry.
41. Can you spot a fake antique?
Aired 26 November 2015 • 30 min
China's forged antiques market is booming as the country's burgeoning mega-rich unknowingly buy them up.
42. Hidden Harm: Australia's Drinking Mums
Aired 3 December 2015 • 30 min
101 East meets the mothers and children living with the tragic consequences of drinking alcohol when pregnant.
43. China's Home Invasion
Aired 3 December 2015 • 30 min
As thousands of Chinese are hunting for their dream homes abroad, we investigate the impact of their shopping spree.
44. Indonesia: Where There's Smoke
Aired 10 December 2015 • 30 min
We track down companies accused of being behind Indonesia's deadly fires that have caused a global environmental crisis.
45. The Great Divide: Islamophobia in Australia
Aired 17 December 2015 • 30 min
Is anti-Islamic sentiment threatening Australia's celebrated multicultural identity?