What does it mean to fight an impossible battle in a city full of violence, fear and uncertainty? Undercover Asia examines the Hong Kong protests through the lens of those caught in the middle: The police force, once Asia's finest, now the most hated in Hong Kong. How does the prolonged violence and harassment affect them and their families?

In 2018 China stops importing recyclables, creating global chaos and flooding Southeast Asian countries with unwanted plastic. For Indonesia, battling its own waste problems, is this the last straw?

Many Filipinos desire to have a lighter skin tone, and they want it fast. Their go-to fix: creams and injections that are increasingly popular despite health warnings on their use.

In November 2019, India's capital city, Delhi plunges into an air pollution crisis. As winter 2020 approaches, can Delhi prevent another airpocalypse?

Every minute, South Korea's household debt rises by US$90,000. Korean households are the most indebted in Asia, but they're still splashing out. Will COVID-19 finally tip them over the edge?

Non-consensual pornography is fast on the rise in Singapore. These private and intimate images are uploaded and shared on the Internet without consent, invading privacy and destroying lives. What will it take to stop the spread?

In the last decade, the Philippines won 9 international crowns, which triggered a surge in the number of beauty pageants and pageant hopefuls. But as more and more vie for attention in an increasingly crowded space, these pageants have become fertile hunting grounds for sexual predators. Undercover Asia strips away the glitz and glamour to expose how pageants are enabling exploitation to fester.

Counterfeiting syndicates are no longer just faking handbags and luxury items. They are now gunning for everyday products you use and consume - from health supplements to cosmetics, fever pills to hard liquor. Undercover Asia heads to Malaysia to investigate a spike in reports of these counterfeit products in the market.

In March 2019, an industrial town in the southern Malaysian state of Johor was poisoned. An illegal dumping of toxic waste caused more than 4,000 people to fall ill. We look at what happened and meet the men, women and children who were directly affected by the pollution crisis.

For decades, thousands of vulnerable migrants have been enslaved onboard untraceable Thai fishing boats lingering far out in international waters. Governments are now cracking down on this brutal industry with new rules being put in place. But as the world's insatiable appetite for low cost seafood persists, perpetrators are finding ways to navigate the restrictions.