Season 10
10 episodes · Mar 17, 2023
CNA's award-winning investigative series Undercover Asia uncovers the hard truths in the underbelly of Asia, and exposes the unintended fallout of change in the fast-moving continent.
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- S10E1
Prohibited Pregnancy (Singapore)
Mar 17, 202347mIn Singapore, about 170 pregnant domestic helpers are sent home every year, but actual figures could be higher because many turn to illegal abortion methods to avoid losing their jobs. Is there a better way to deal with maid pregnancies?
- S10E2
A Million Cuts: India’s C-Section Epidemic
Mar 24, 202346mIn India, nearly half the deliveries in private hospitals are done through C-sections. That's 3 times the rate that the WHO recommends.Are millions of mums being forced into unnecessary C-sections?
- S10E3
What’s Really Up With Mukbang?
Mar 31, 202346mHighly celebrated in South Korea. Empowering poor women in India. Banned in China. Why have Mukbang eating videos caused such a stir?
- S10E4
Double Reduction, Triple The Stress?
Apr 7, 202346mTo score well in China's exams, students had to go for hours of tuition until a ban was imposed. Kids should be enjoying carefree childhoods now. Except tuition never disappeared.
- S10E5
Cannabis Cowboy Country
Apr 14, 202347mCannabis is now legal in Thailand. As research show the impact of cannabis use on the growing brains of minors and young adults, is the kingdom trading its future while cashing in on the Green Rush?
- S10E6
Smoke And Mirrors: Southeast Asia’s Vaping Crisis
Apr 21, 202347mSome herald it as the ultimate solution to the tobacco crisis. Others believe that it could trigger a new public health crisis of its own. Why has vaping, the purportedly safer alternative to smoking, caused such polarising views?
- S10E7
Inside The Exotic Butterfly Trade
Apr 28, 202347mEvery year, more than 100,000 butterflies are shipped across the globe, sold as collectibles. What drives this obsession? How do protected butterfly species make their way across borders, undetected?
- S10E8
Lombok's Poisoned Gold
May 5, 202346mIn Indonesia, informal gold miners are relying on mercury to extract gold from its ore. Fueled by crime and corruption, we reveal how the toxic metal and its illegal trade is poisoning miners slowly.
- S10E9
Tainted Medicine Scandal
May 12, 202347mBetween 2022 and 2023, over 300 children in Gambia, Uzbekistan and Indonesia died after they consumed cough syrup. It sent shockwaves around the world. Investigations revealed toxic ingredients in them. Diethylene and Ethylene Glycol are deadly chemicals which should never be found in medicine. The cough syrups were manufactured by pharmaceutical companies in India and Indonesia. The manufacturing firms deny wrongdoing but, in the months to follow, the findings would open up a pandora's box of dirty truths.
- S10E10
Inside Indonesia's Ultras
May 19, 202347mThe Kanjuruhan stadium tragedy of October 2022 killed 135 people. We investigate Indonesia's ultra football fan clubs to see why they're the most extreme in Asia, and the reasons behind the disaster.