101 East

- Season 8

(2013)

Is coal seam gas the answer to Australia's energy prayers or a high-stakes gamble that could wreak havoc on its environment, farmers and future?

The Philippines is emerging as a great outsourcing nation for cost efficiency, but are there limits to its success?

101 East meets the survivors of witch-hunts in India and asks what is being done to stop the brutal practice.

Jakarta is suffering its worst flood in recent years. Can the city ever root out the problems that cause this destruction after every monsoon season?

101 East investigates why Indonesia's education system is one of the worst in the world.

A battle is brewing on Easter island as the indigenous Rapanui fight for independence. Will they win the fight against Chilean colonisers?

101 East travels to Cambodia, a country representing some of the highest levels of rape in the region, to speak with men about why they commit these crimes and to find out if the perpetrators can trigger new ideas for prevention.

Blasphemy charges have fatal consequences in Pakistan but a determined few are risking their lives to protect the accused and press for reform.

In this edition, 101 East explores the trail of manta gills from the seas to the shops and investigates how humans threaten the existence of one of the most graceful creatures in the ocean. How long can the manta population survive?

101 East looks at whether the fragile peace between Myanmar's government and its ethnic groups will last.

Australia is holding a judicial inquiry into decades of child sexual abuse and alleged cover-ups by the Catholic Church. Will justice be served?

Facing a raft of contentious domestic issues, Malaysia is going to the polls. But can the government weather a growing opposition onslaught?

Singapore is the world's richest country but with locals struggling to keep up with the rising cost of living, is the party set to end?

Environmentalists race to save the world's largest coal reef as it risks being put on UNESCO's World Heritage danger list due to mining expansions.

Huge advances in health care mean many Australians face a painful, medicalised, drawn-out death. Could voluntary euthanasia be the solution?

101 East takes an exclusive peek inside Yangon's iconic colonial buildings and golden pagodas in Myanmar, amid a fight to fend off the bulldozers.

On the 60th anniversary of the first ascent of Everest, 101 East explores the real costs of climbing this deadly peak.

While tensions between China and Japan escalate and nationalist sentiments ignite, 101 East gains exclusive access into Japan's Self Defence Force.

Coffee drinkers love East Timor's green beans but farming remains a life and death struggle in Asia's poorest nation.

Thailand's latest talks with its southern insurgents were meant to signal hope, but met with more killings. What will it take to end the fighting?

Seasonal migration from Tajikistan to Russia is destroying families and leaving thousands to grow up without fathers.

101 East explores the lives of Afghan ruby miners, smugglers and Peshawar gem dealers as Afghanistan re-emerges from the shadow of foreign occupation.

101 East explores Mongolia's ancient wrestling culture and their current dominance in the Japanese Sumo scene.

Indian doctors believe they've identified a strain of Tuberculosis incurable through existing medication, raising alarms of a new global health hazard.

Despite having the passion to succeed, corruption and mismanagement have turned Indonesia into football's failed state.

101 East returns to Myanmar to investigate the depth of religious hatred that is plaguing the country and asks if freedom from hate is still possible.

Pakistan's Shia communities are being targeted like never before in deadly attacks by extremist groups. Can authorities protect them and if so how?

Cast out by their families because of superstition, India's widows face poverty and isolation. 101 East investigates the plight of those left behind.

Kamlaris, bonded child labourers, work in the homes of Nepal's elites. Will the country's rulers, still anchored by old values, set these girls free?

101 East visits Osh to uncover continuing discrimination against the Uzbeks of southern Kyrgyzstan three years after violent inter-ethnic struggle.

Myanmar's timber elephants and their handlers have survived wars and dictatorships. Will they survive democracy?

New Zealand has some of the worst imprisonment rates in the developed world. 101 East examines why Maoris and gangs are filling the country's jails.

101 East explores the impact of a lost generation of leaders in Kandahar, an Afghan city known for its lawlessness.

101 East exposes an infamous wildlife trafficker at the helm of a multi-million dollar illegal business.

Hollywood is changing the script to strike gold in China, soon the world's largest movie market. 101 East explores China's blockbuster growth.

101 East explores the impact of the most deadly storm to ever hit the Philippines.

As air pollution hits toxic levels, China counts the human cost of its rapid economic growth.

Despite government claims of peace, torture and abductions continue to be used to stifle ethnic and political dissent.