North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's love of film is well-documented, but few outsiders know that he is revered as a genius of cinema by his own people. On this episode of 101 East we gain a rare insight into the beating heart of North Korea's film industry.
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China has for centuries raised dogs, cats and other animals for food and for use in traditional medicines. But now animal rights activism is flourishing with increasing numbers of people seeing animals as pets, not protein.
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China and the Middle East are buying up Australia's agricultural assets to secure food production
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101 East looks at Taiwan's controversial plans to create legal red light districts throughout the country.
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Australia, one of the world's biggest polluters, has unveiled a radical move to tackle climate change, but will it work?
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Natural resources are powering Australia's economy to record highs, but is there a dark side to the country's mining boom?
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India is richer than ever before, and could surpass China's economy by 2013. But its growth is a mix of dynamism and dysfunction, as can be seen in the city of Gurgaon. How can Indian cities keep up with the nation's dramatic economic boom?
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Is 'Tiger parenting' the key to Asian academic success and what happens when the pressure becomes too much?
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Fleeing conflict and war, asylum seekers are risking everything they have for new lives in Australia. On this edition of 101 East we are in Australia to look at one of the toughest immigration policies in the world.
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Is East Timor ready for a future without the foreign influence of the UN and other international forces?
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101 East investigates why family planning remains a highly controversial issue in the Philippines.
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India's pesticide industry is worth billions of dollars, but has it caused major health problems in some communities?
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With a final report on the civil war due, we ask if Sri Lanka's ethnic communities are more divided than ever.
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