NaN/100 votes#1 - Japan: The next wave
Season 8 Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/2014
We investigate the long-term effects of the 2011 tsunami, including a potential cancer threat for Fukushima's children.
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#2 - Tin Trouble
Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 1/23/2014
"Indonesia is the world’s biggest tin exporter but for poverty stricken miners, the costs are deadly. "
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#3 - Cry of the Tiger
Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 2/6/2014
Neglected and mistreated, endangered animals are dying inside Indonesia's disease-ridden Surabaya Zoo.
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#4 - Philippines: Stray Bullets
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 2/13/2014
We venture into the crime-ridden neighbourhoods of the Philippines to examine if a new law can get rid of gun violence.
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#5 - The Lost Boys
Season 8 Episode 5 - Aired 2/20/2014
We explore the plight of thousands of children working in the dangerous coal mines of India’s Meghalaya state.
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#6 - The Dolphin Hunters
Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 3/6/2014
We join an annual tribal dolphin hunt in the Solomon Islands and ask whether this ancient practice should be stopped.
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#7 - The vanishing sea tribe
Season 8 Episode 7 - Aired 3/13/2014
Thailand's Moken tribe foresaw and survived the 2004 tsunami, but are the traditions that saved them being abandoned?
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#8 - Dying for fashion
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 3/20/2014
Deadly clashes between poor garment workers and police are threatening to cripple Cambodia's largest export industry.
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#9 - Killer crocs
Season 8 Episode 9 - Aired 3/27/2014
As saltwater crocodiles stalk Australia's waterways, we investigate if they should be culled to curb attacks on humans.
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#10 - Indonesia's rock governor
Season 8 Episode 10 - Aired 4/3/2014
We go behind the scenes with the man tipped to become Indonesia's next president – governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo.
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#11 - The ice age
Season 8 Episode 11 - Aired 4/10/2014
101 East explores methamphetamine abuse in Australia often resulting in violent assaults and mental health breakdowns.
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#12 - Modi the Messiah?
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 4/24/2014
101 East goes on the campaign trail with Narendra Modi, the man tipped to be the next Prime Minister of India.
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#13 - A war on witches
Season 8 Episode 13 - Aired 5/1/2014
As witch-hunts and sorcery killings spread across Papua New Guinea, 101 East investigates shocking human rights abuses.
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#14 - We built this city
Season 8 Episode 14 - Aired 5/8/2014
After Singapore's first riot in decades, locals ask hard questions about the migrant worker abuse.
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#15 - Bhutan's Forgotten People: Part 1
Season 8 Episode 15 - Aired 5/22/2014
A two-part series follows ethnic Nepalese after they were expelled by Bhutan and found themselves stateless.
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#16 - Bhutan's Forgotten People: Part 2
Season 8 Episode 16 - Aired 5/29/2014
"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."
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#17 - When the battle comes home
Season 8 Episode 17 - Aired 6/5/2014
101 East looks at the rising rates of mental health problems among Australian veterans of the war in Afghanistan.
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#18 - Humanoids
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 6/12/2014
The development of robots that could save lives is an unparalleled breakthrough, but what if they also could kill?
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#19 - Muzzling the messenger
Season 8 Episode 19 - Aired 6/19/2014
Hong Kong’s press was once the most free in Asia, but many believe it is under attack from the central government.
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#20 - Thailand in turmoil
Season 8 Episode 20 - Aired 6/26/2014
As Thailand reels from its 12th military coup, what will it take to break the dangerous divide in this polarized nation?
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#21 - Malaysia's gang menace
Season 8 Episode 21 - Aired 7/10/2014
Malaysia’s violent ganglands are luring many ethnic indians struggling to fit into a segregated society.
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#22 - The gift of sight
Season 8 Episode 22 - Aired 7/17/2014
A Nepalese doctor takes an Indonesian woman under his tutelage and brings the gift of sight to the world's destitute.
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#23 - Reef madness
Season 8 Episode 23 - Aired 7/21/2014
The Spratly Islands in the South China Sea are resource rich and claimed by vying countries.
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#24 - The baby makers
Season 8 Episode 24 - Aired 7/24/2014
We meet the couples desperate for a child and the women in India who give birth to babies they will never know.
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#25 - East Meets Tech
Season 8 Episode 25 - Aired 7/31/2014
101 East heads to Silicon Valley to investigate the Asian influence on America's high-tech boom.
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The Best Episodes of 101 East Season 8
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Season 8 Ratings Summary
"Japan: The next wave" is the best rated episode of "101 East" season 8. It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/9/2014. This episode is rated NaN points higher than the second-best, "Tin Trouble".