Undercover Asia 亚洲机密档案
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.
In this season, we investigate:
- The outcome of rules prohibiting maids from getting pregnant in Singapore
- How profit is driving millions of women in India to undergo unnecessary c-sections
- The hidden dangers of Mukbang videos
- The unintended fallout of policies to destress kids in China
- The impact of delisting of Cannabis as a narcotic in Thailand
- The vaping invasion in Southeast Asia
Awards and Accolades:
New York Festivals: World’s Best Tv & Film 2015 -
National/International Affairs 2015 (Silver: Freedom or Death)
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 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)
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 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)
The Association for International Broadcasting 2016 -
International Current Affairs (Nominee: Children of the Cybersex Den)
New York Festivals TV & Film Awards 2020 -
Docu - Social Issues (Silver: Evaporated People)
World Media Festival 2021 -
Documentaries: Economy (Gold: South Korea: Drowning in Debt)
New York Festivals TV & Films Awards 2021 -
Current Affairs [Airpocalypse] (Finalist)
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)
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)
2022 Asian Academy Creative Awards National Winners -
Best Current Affair Programme or Series (Undercover Asia 9 - China’s Pet Economy)
New York Festivals TV & Film Awards 2023 -
Investigative Journalism - Undercover Asia 9: Baiting the Scammers (Silver)
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)
14th Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards -
Human Concerns and Social Issues (Silver: A Million Cuts: India’s C-Section Epidemic)
Episodes: 10 x 60 minutes
Languages: English
Production year: 2023