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Season 10, 10 episodes

Episode 1: Prohibited Pregnancy (Singapore)
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- 47m
- Mar 17, 2023
In 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?
Episode 2: A Million Cuts: India’s C-Section Epidemic
- 46m
- Mar 24, 2023
In 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?
Episode 3: What’s Really Up With Mukbang?
- 46m
- Mar 31, 2023
Highly celebrated in South Korea. Empowering poor women in India. Banned in China. Why have Mukbang eating videos caused such a stir?
Episode 4: Double Reduction, Triple The Stress?
- 46m
- Apr 7, 2023
To 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.
Episode 5: Cannabis Cowboy Country
- 47m
- Apr 14, 2023
Cannabis 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?
Episode 6: Smoke And Mirrors: Southeast Asia’s Vaping Crisis
- 47m
- Apr 21, 2023
Some 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?
Episode 7: Inside The Exotic Butterfly Trade
- 47m
- Apr 28, 2023
Every 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?
Episode 8: Lombok's Poisoned Gold
- 46m
- May 5, 2023
In 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.
Episode 9: Tainted Medicine Scandal
- 47m
- May 12, 2023
Between 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.
Episode 10: Inside Indonesia's Ultras
- 47m
- May 19, 2023
The 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.

Episodes

Episode 1: Prohibited Pregnancy (Singapore)

Episode 2: A Million Cuts: India’s C-Section Epidemic

Episode 3: What’s Really Up With Mukbang?

Episode 4: Double Reduction, Triple The Stress?

Episode 5: Cannabis Cowboy Country

Episode 6: Smoke And Mirrors: Southeast Asia’s Vaping Crisis

Episode 7: Inside The Exotic Butterfly Trade

Episode 8: Lombok's Poisoned Gold

Episode 9: Tainted Medicine Scandal

Episode 10: Inside Indonesia's Ultras

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Episode 1: Prohibited Pregnancy (Singapore)

Episode 2: A Million Cuts: India’s C-Section Epidemic

Episode 3: What’s Really Up With Mukbang?

Episode 4: Double Reduction, Triple The Stress?

Episode 5: Cannabis Cowboy Country

Episode 6: Smoke And Mirrors: Southeast Asia’s Vaping Crisis

Episode 7: Inside The Exotic Butterfly Trade

Episode 8: Lombok's Poisoned Gold

Episode 9: Tainted Medicine Scandal

Episode 10: Inside Indonesia's Ultras

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Prohibited Pregnancy (Singapore)

E2 Episode 2: A Million Cuts: India’s C-Section Epidemic

E3 Episode 3: What’s Really Up With Mukbang?

E4 Episode 4: Double Reduction, Triple The Stress?

E5 Episode 5: Cannabis Cowboy Country

E6 Episode 6: Smoke And Mirrors: Southeast Asia’s Vaping Crisis

E7 Episode 7: Inside The Exotic Butterfly Trade

E8 Episode 8: Lombok's Poisoned Gold

E9 Episode 9: Tainted Medicine Scandal

E10 Episode 10: Inside Indonesia's Ultras

Overview

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Details

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Cast

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Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Prohibited Pregnancy (Singapore)

E2 Episode 2: A Million Cuts: India’s C-Section Epidemic

E3 Episode 3: What’s Really Up With Mukbang?

E4 Episode 4: Double Reduction, Triple The Stress?

E5 Episode 5: Cannabis Cowboy Country

E6 Episode 6: Smoke And Mirrors: Southeast Asia’s Vaping Crisis

E7 Episode 7: Inside The Exotic Butterfly Trade

E8 Episode 8: Lombok's Poisoned Gold

E9 Episode 9: Tainted Medicine Scandal

E10 Episode 10: Inside Indonesia's Ultras

Episode 1: Prohibited Pregnancy (Singapore)

Episode 2: A Million Cuts: India’s C-Section Epidemic

Episode 3: What’s Really Up With Mukbang?

Episode 4: Double Reduction, Triple The Stress?

Episode 5: Cannabis Cowboy Country

Episode 6: Smoke And Mirrors: Southeast Asia’s Vaping Crisis

Episode 7: Inside The Exotic Butterfly Trade

Episode 8: Lombok's Poisoned Gold

Episode 9: Tainted Medicine Scandal

Episode 10: Inside Indonesia's Ultras

Episode 1: Prohibited Pregnancy (Singapore)

Episode 2: A Million Cuts: India’s C-Section Epidemic

Episode 3: What’s Really Up With Mukbang?

Episode 4: Double Reduction, Triple The Stress?

Episode 5: Cannabis Cowboy Country

Episode 6: Smoke And Mirrors: Southeast Asia’s Vaping Crisis

Episode 7: Inside The Exotic Butterfly Trade

Episode 8: Lombok's Poisoned Gold

Episode 9: Tainted Medicine Scandal

Episode 10: Inside Indonesia's Ultras