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The country's dependence on coal is leaving a dirty trail of violence, landlessness and poverty.
How can the Philippines' government balance development with the interests of its people?
As the first anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster approaches, we examine Japan's contradictory energy policies.
Last Modified: 09 Mar 2012 05:35 GMT
101 East speaks to the new president of the Maldives and asks if the country could slide back into dictatorship.
Last Modified: 04 Apr 2012 09:53 GMT
We ask if the punishment really fits the crime in a justice system riddled with corruption and incompetence.
Last Modified: 01 Mar 2012 11:43 GMT
Is the treatment of detainees in Australia's immigration detention centres causing long-term mental health problems?
Last Modified: 17 Feb 2012 06:02 GMT
As the world watched events unfold in Libya, little attention was paid to the plight of migrant workers stranded there.
Last Modified: 14 Feb 2012 12:16 GMT
A recent study estimates that more than 170 million Chinese suffer from a mental disorder.
Last Modified: 01 Feb 2012 09:28 GMT
Revealing the dark side of an industry that is finding new fans across the world.
Last Modified: 01 Feb 2012 09:26 GMT
Is India investing in a future health crisis by importing asbestos from Canada?
Last Modified: 26 Jan 2012 07:39 GMT
As the Malaysian opposition leader gets acquitted of sodomy, will his coalition mount its strongest political challenge?
Last Modified: 13 Jan 2012 08:33 GMT
As China faces social dilemmas such as a widening gender imbalance, it is considering loosening its one-child policy.
Last Modified: 05 Jan 2012 09:05 GMT
101 East looks back at the stories and events that changed and shaped Asia in the year of 2011.
Last Modified: 27 Dec 2011 08:48 GMT
101 East gains rare insight into the beating heart of North Korea's film industry.
Last Modified: 29 Dec 2011 09:30 GMT
Workers at a South Korean-run shipyard in the Philippines are fighting back against a deadly safety record.
Last Modified: 20 Dec 2011 07:38 GMT
As many Bangladeshi children work in risky and dangerous jobs, we look at government plans to eradicate child labour.
Last Modified: 19 Dec 2011 13:48 GMT
Hong Kong's health and education services are being stretched to the limit by demand from mainland China.
Last Modified: 19 Dec 2011 13:42 GMT
Millions are homeless and hundreds dead in Pakistan after monsoon rains, but how can this nation rise above the crisis?
Last Modified: 19 Dec 2011 13:43 GMT
Conservationists are in a desperate and uphill battle to save India's tigers from extinction.
Last Modified: 19 Dec 2011 13:44 GMT
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101 East is Al Jazeera's weekly Asian current affairs programme. We cover a dynamic region with diverse cultures and conflicting politics. With special reports, interviews and debates, 101 East tackles the issues that unify and divide Asia.

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101 East airs each week at the following times GMT: Thursday: 2230; Friday: 0930; Saturday: 0330; Sunday: 1630.

India's tigers
Indonesia's power

Sixty years of war
The Pacific in crisis