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101 East meets the residents of Manila's cemeteries who have built lives and communities among the city's dead.
101 East meets the Chinese men seeking to find a bride anyway they can in a country with a severe lack of women.
They are the children of criminals. Their parents are doing time in Chinese prisons, some serving life sentences for horrific crimes. With no one to care for them and nowhere to go, Sun Village, a shelter in Beijing, takes them in. Run by a former prison officer, Sun Village is helping raise China's most vulnerable young people - teaching them to cook and clean, and helping them deal with their trauma. On this episode, 101 East meets the children growing up with their parents behind bars. Follow 101 East here: Facebook: http://facebook.com/101east Twitter: http://twitter.com/aj101east Instagram: http://instagram.com/aj101east Homepage: http://aljazeera.com/programmes/101east
101 East reveals the shadowy underworld offering help to the rising numbers of teenage mothers in the Philippines.
How a world-renowned Australian surgeon returned to his birthplace in Iraq, to help amputees to walk again.
The Pacific paradise of Enewtak Atoll harbours a devastating secret - the toxic legacy of American nuclear testing. Between 1946 and 1958, the US military tested 43 nuclear bombs in the Pacific. Now a concrete dome - 46cm thick - seals 80,000 cubic meters of radioactive waste on the deserted island of Runit. But the dome is not working. Rising sea levels threaten to flush a vast stash of highly radioactive plutonium into the Pacific Ocean. This is not the only fallout - the soldiers who cleaned up the mess and the Marshallese islanders are abandoned by a government refusing any responsibility.
101 East asks if North Korean missile attacks are stoking fear and hatred in Japan.
Thousands of children go missing or are abandoned each year in Pakistan. But one charity is determined to save them.
101 East investigates the human cost of one of the world's most polluted rivers, the Citarum in Indonesia.
Thousands of Rohingya girls continue to face sexual exploitation, forced marriage and trafficking in refugee camps.
101 East investigates the corrupt forces profiting from sending young girls from Myanmar to Singapore to work as maids.
Once a weapon of war, abductions are still happening in Sri Lanka. Is there justice for the nation's disappeared?
101 East investigates why more Australian indigenous children are being removed from their families than ever before.
Will Anwar Ibrahim finally rise to lead his country? 101 East talks to Malaysia's leader-in-waiting.
How China controls its citizens inside and outside the country where no criticism or dissent is allowed.
How hackers got away with one of the biggest thefts in history, robbing Bangladesh's central bank of more than $80m.
A rape crisis at Australian universities threatens the country's $18bn international student industry.
Mass evictions and demolitions in the Chinese capital have forced hundreds of thousands from their homes.
Why are so few Afghan girls in school, despite the international community investing billions into girls' education?
China's Bama region is home to an astonishing number of people aged over 100. But are they really as old as they claim?
Investigating how antiquities stolen from the Himalayas end up in museums and private collections around the world.
A look at alleged corruption by Cambodia's elite as the ruling party cracks down on critics leading up to elections.
The extraordinary inside story of the rescue of a young Thai football team from Tham Luang cave in Thailand.
A look at the slums of Yangon and how families are crippled by high-interest loans as others profit from their despair.
101 East investigates the corporations that profit from the chaos and misery of disaster-prone Philippines.
101 East investigates the rise and fall of India's most powerful swamis.
101 East exposes how companies and the government are turning a blind eye to the human cost of palm oil production.
101 East exposes the foreign fraudsters in the Philippines stealing millions through global financial scams.
A year-long operation by law enforcers in five countries to bring down the world's most wanted money launderer.
We investigate the devastating cost of China's expanding ocean theme parks on the world's largest marine mammals.
China needs to modernise trash management. Does this mean edging out small-time scavengers? 101 East investigates.
101 East boards the hospital train travelling across India, delivering medical care to those who need it the most.
101 East interviews Malaysia's former Prime Minister Najib Razak.
In South Korea, dog meat has been on the menu for centuries, with about 2 million dogs believed to be eaten every year.
But strict government regulations and a growing animal rights movement are cracking down on the industry.
Today, consumption is declining, especially among younger generations who see dogs as pets, not food.
But dog farmers argue there's no difference between raising dogs and raising cows, pigs or chickens. And that the ancient cultural practice has health benefits.
101 East travels to South Korea to investigate the fight between those who love dogs, and those who love to eat them.
Examining how the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games is shining light on Japan's mistreatment of people considered imperfect.
Investigating China's Social Credit system which seeks to reward good behaviour and punish what is considered bad.
Investigating rising fears that Nepal has become a target for paedophiles acting under the cover of aid work.
How the war on drugs is pushing Filipino jails to breaking point as they operate at 600 percent their capacity.
We meet aspiring African footballers as they try to make it in Thailand's big league. But competition is fierce.
