Undercover Asia Season 8, Episode 8: The Ugly Side Of Beauty (India)

The Suicide Epidemic (Thailand)

Thailand has the highest suicide rate in Southeast Asia and COVID-19 is making this situation even worse. But does the alarming statistic hide an underlying mental illness epidemic? Is the kingdom doing enough to stem the problem?

46 min

Internet Blackout (India)

India leads the world in internet shutdowns. It holds the record for one of the longest digital shutdowns in a democracy. Why does the government disrupt the internet so often and who pays the price?

46 min

Where Is My Pet? (Hong Kong)

Dead cats and dogs washed up ashore in Hong Kong, terrorising coastal residents. How did the pets end up there? CNA’s Wei Du investigates the gripping mystery.

48 min

Online Health Products (Malaysia)

Malaysia's fast-growing ecommerce market for supplements is plagued by misleading claims and dubious products. What is behind this boom? And who pays the price of some of these exaggerated claims?

47 min

Dying For Love (China)

60% of female suicides in China stem from domestic violence. Deeply entwined with traditional values and made worse by the COVID-19 lockdowns, what does it take to stem the tide?

46 min

Nurses Wanted (Philippines)

COVID-19 leads to a reckoning in the Philippines. The world’s top exporter of nurses is facing a shortage of nursing staff, exposing a broken system that underpays and overworks its nurses.

46 min

A Deadly Gamble (Philippines)

47 min

Make Me Taller (India)

An investigation into a growing trend in limb lengthening surgery in India, where certain men and women, who believe their height is ruining their lives, are having operations to grow taller.

47 min

Shipwreck Robberies (Indonesia)

In what is being called ‘The world’s biggest grave robbery’, more than 40 shipwrecks serving as mass graves to thousands of World War II soldiers have been illegally plundered by salvage crews.

48 min