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101 East: Season 8 - 43 Episode s
8x1 - Japan: The next wave
January 9, 2014
We investigate the long-term effects of the 2011 tsunami, including a potential cancer threat for Fukushima's children.
8x2 - Tin Trouble
January 23, 2014
"Indonesia is the world’s biggest tin exporter but for poverty stricken miners, the costs are deadly. "
8x3 - Cry of the Tiger
February 6, 2014
Neglected and mistreated, endangered animals are dying inside Indonesia's disease-ridden Surabaya Zoo.
8x4 - Philippines: Stray Bullets
February 13, 2014
We venture into the crime-ridden neighbourhoods of the Philippines to examine if a new law can get rid of gun violence.
8x5 - The Lost Boys
February 20, 2014
We explore the plight of thousands of children working in the dangerous coal mines of India’s Meghalaya state.
8x6 - The Dolphin Hunters
March 6, 2014
We join an annual tribal dolphin hunt in the Solomon Islands and ask whether this ancient practice should be stopped.
8x7 - The vanishing sea tribe
March 13, 2014
Thailand's Moken tribe foresaw and survived the 2004 tsunami, but are the traditions that saved them being abandoned?
8x8 - Dying for fashion
March 20, 2014
Deadly clashes between poor garment workers and police are threatening to cripple Cambodia's largest export industry.
8x9 - Killer crocs
March 27, 2014
As saltwater crocodiles stalk Australia's waterways, we investigate if they should be culled to curb attacks on humans.
8x10 - Indonesia's rock governor
April 3, 2014
We go behind the scenes with the man tipped to become Indonesia's next president – governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo.
8x11 - The ice age
April 10, 2014
101 East explores methamphetamine abuse in Australia often resulting in violent assaults and mental health breakdowns.
8x12 - Modi the Messiah?
April 24, 2014
101 East goes on the campaign trail with Narendra Modi, the man tipped to be the next Prime Minister of India.
8x13 - A war on witches
May 1, 2014
As witch-hunts and sorcery killings spread across Papua New Guinea, 101 East investigates shocking human rights abuses.
8x14 - We built this city
May 8, 2014
After Singapore's first riot in decades, locals ask hard questions about the migrant worker abuse.
8x15 - Bhutan's Forgotten People: Part 1
May 22, 2014
A two-part series follows ethnic Nepalese after they were expelled by Bhutan and found themselves stateless.
8x16 - Bhutan's Forgotten People: Part 2
May 29, 2014
"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."
8x17 - When the battle comes home
June 5, 2014
101 East looks at the rising rates of mental health problems among Australian veterans of the war in Afghanistan.
8x18 - Humanoids
June 12, 2014
The development of robots that could save lives is an unparalleled breakthrough, but what if they also could kill?
8x19 - Muzzling the messenger
June 19, 2014
Hong Kong’s press was once the most free in Asia, but many believe it is under attack from the central government.
8x20 - Thailand in turmoil
June 26, 2014
As Thailand reels from its 12th military coup, what will it take to break the dangerous divide in this polarized nation?
8x21 - Malaysia's gang menace
July 10, 2014
Malaysia’s violent ganglands are luring many ethnic indians struggling to fit into a segregated society.
8x22 - The gift of sight
July 17, 2014
A Nepalese doctor takes an Indonesian woman under his tutelage and brings the gift of sight to the world's destitute.
8x23 - Reef madness
July 21, 2014
The Spratly Islands in the South China Sea are resource rich and claimed by vying countries.
8x24 - The baby makers
July 24, 2014
We meet the couples desperate for a child and the women in India who give birth to babies they will never know.
8x25 - East Meets Tech
July 31, 2014
101 East heads to Silicon Valley to investigate the Asian influence on America's high-tech boom.
8x26 - Food for thought
August 7, 2014
101 East goes undercover to expose the hidden harm in China's food industry.
8x27 - Stalking cyber paedophiles
August 14, 2014
101 East examines how children in the Philippines are exploited when child sex predators lurk online.
8x28 - The cost of beauty
August 21, 2014
101 East delves into Korea's plastic surgery craze and uncovers the real price of pursuing physical perfection.
8x29 - Solo mums
August 28, 2014
What drives single mothers in South Korea to abandon their babies?
8x30 - Out of steppe
September 4, 2014
Mongolia's booming economy is growing millionaires, but what happens to those who miss out or are left behind?
8x31 - Laos: The legacy
September 11, 2014
A group of women risk life and limb to clear Laos of cluster bombs and make their country safe for future generations.
8x32 - Japan's throwaway children
October 2, 2014
In a country that frowns upon foster care, 33,000 children from abusive homes are growing up in state institutions.
8x33 - Drugged up Pakistan
October 9, 2014
With more than six million drug users and rising, can Pakistan win its fight against the billion-dollar narcotics trade?
8x34 - Ditching the draft
October 16, 2014
We gain exclusive access to Taiwan's special forces and ask if the island can fend off China with a volunteer army.
8x35 - Strangers in Paradise: Australia's offshore detainees
October 23, 2014
We travel to remote Manus Island in Papua New Guinea to investigate Australia's refugee detention programme.
8x36 - Tibet calling
October 29, 2014
101 East travels to an isolated outpost of Tibetan culture in Nepal that is at risk of losing its unique way of life.
8x37 - Philippines: After Haiyan
November 6, 2014
We returned to the Philippines in 2014 to see how survivors of Typhoon Haiyan were coping in the hardest-hit areas.
8x38 - Battling the dry
November 13, 2014
101 East explores the human cost of the severe drought paralysing Australia’s north.
8x39 - Malaysia's Unwanted
November 20, 2014
With refugees at risk of abuse and exploitation in Malaysia, 101 East investigates if those in charge are doing enough.
8x40 - Myanmar's Jade Curse
November 27, 2014
China's jade obsession drives a multi-billion dollar black market that fuels a drug-infested jade mining industry.
8x41 - Japan's stalking crisis
December 11, 2014
Stalkers are terrorising more and more women across the country, with 21,000 cases reported to police in 2013.
8x42 - Thailand's tainted robes
December 18, 2014
As scandals involving misbehaving monks rock the nation, 101 East examines if Thailand can save its moral soul.
8x43 - Thailand's Blood Timber
December 31, 2014
101 East follows the trail of illegal poachers who risk it all for the exotic hardwood, driving a species to extinction.