101 East Season 8

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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