Undercover Asia
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.
Season 13 investigates South Korea’s escalating cyber-sexual-violence crisis, from AI deepfake pornography to encrypted criminal networks. It also uncovers an alleged multimillion-dollar insurance scam involving unnecessary helicopter rescues on Mount Everest, and goes inside the transnational trade in exotic big cats, from social media mansions to hidden breeding farms and illegal medicine markets.
Episodes: 3 x 60 minutes
Awards and Accolades:
World Media Festivals (WMF) Television & Corporate Media Awards 2026 -
Documentary: Rights & Justice (Gold: Copy + Paste + Steal)
Documentary: Social & Politics (Gold: Inside The Illegal "Dunki" Route)
Documentary: Crime & Investigation (Silver: The Digital Hostage)
New York Festivals (NYF) TV & Film Awards 2026 -
Documentary: Social Justice (Gold: Copy+Paste+Steal)
Documentary: Investigative Journalism (Gold: Inside the Illegal ‘Dunki’ Route)
New York Festivals TV and Films Awards 2024 -
Documentary - Health/Medical Information (Silver: Tainted Medicine Scandal)
Documentary – Nature & Wildlife (Bronze: Inside The Exotic Butterfly Trade)
14th Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards -
Human Concerns and Social Issues (Silver: A Million Cuts: India’s C-Section Epidemic)
World Media Festivals Television & Corporate Media Awards 2023 -
Documentaries: Social Equity and Inclusion - Asian Hate (Gold)
Documentaries: Covid-19 Topics - School's Out (Gold)
Documentaries: Global Issues - A New Force Of Terror (Gold)
New York Festivals TV & Film Awards 2023 -
Investigative Journalism - Undercover Asia 9: Baiting the Scammers (Silver)
2022 Asian Academy Creative Awards National Winners -
Best Current Affair Programme or Series (Undercover Asia 9 - China’s Pet Economy)
World Media Festivals Television & Corporate Media Awards 2022 -
Documentaries: Environmental Protection - Gold (Undercover Asia 9 – EP1: China’s Pet Economy)
Documentaries: Human Concerns - Gold (Undercover Asia 8 – The Ugly Side Of Beauty)
New York Festivals TV & Film Awards 2022 -
News: Program – Best Investigative Report (Bronze: Shipwreck Robberies)
News: Program – Best News Documentary/Special (Bronze: The Ugly Side Of Beauty)
Documentary – Human Concerns (Finalist: Make Me Taller)
New York Festivals TV & Films Awards 2021 -
Current Affairs [Airpocalypse] (Finalist)
World Media Festival 2021 -
Documentaries: Economy (Gold: South Korea: Drowning in Debt)
New York Festivals TV & Film Awards 2020 -
Docu - Social Issues (Silver: Evaporated People)
The Association for International Broadcasting 2016 -
International Current Affairs (Nominee: Children of the Cybersex Den)
New York Festivals : World’s Best TV & Film 2018 -
News - Best Investigative Report (Silver: Drug Vigilantes)
Docu - Social Issues (Bronze: Mistress Busters)
Docu - Social Issues (Finalist:In the Name of Honour)
News - Best News Docu/Special (Bronze: In the Name of Honour)
Docu – Social Issues (Silver:Lonely Deaths)
New York Festivals: World’s Best Tv & Film 2017 -
National/International Affairs (Gold: North Korean Slaves)
Best Investigative Report (Bronze: North Korean Slaves)
Current Affairs (Bronze: North Korean Slaves)
Current Affairs (Silver: Children of the Cybersex Dens)
News Programme - Best News Documentray/Special (Bronze: The Man in the Yellow Shirt)
Docu/Info Prog - Environment & Ecology (Finalist: Blood Jade)
Docu/Info Prog - Human Concerns (Silver: Kasur's Lost Children)
New York Festivals: World’s Best TV & Film 2016 -
Current Affairs (Nominee:Cambodia's Sexual Predators)
Best Direction (Nominee:Cambodia's Sexual Predators)
Docu/Info Prog: Human Concerns (Bronze: Cambodia's Sexual Predators)
News Prog: News Doc Special (Special: Voices Under the Mango Tree)
News Prog: Best Nonfiction Series (Gold: Voices Under the Mango Tree,
Cambodia's Sexual Predators, Black Lungs )
Docu/Info Prog: CA (Gold: Voices Under the Mango Tree)
Docu/Info Prog: Health/Medical Info (Silver: Black Lungs)
Docu/Info Prog: Social Issues (Bronze: Girls for Sale)
Docu/Info Prog: Social Issues (Silver: The Organ Bazaar)
Asian Television Awards 2016 -
Best Current Affairs Programme (Won: North Korean Slaves)
Best Current Affairs Programme (Highly Commended: Children of the Cybersex Dens)
Best Current Affairs Programme (Nominee: Murder in Paradise)
New York Festivals: World’s Best TV & Film 2015 -
National/International Affairs 2015 (Silver: Freedom or Death)
Languages: English
Production year: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025