Visiting the site of the world's worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl, Stefan Gates finds people living on toxic land. His journey takes him right up to the crumbling sarcophagus itself, and when a woman prepares a meal from produce grown in her garden,Gates is faced with a tricky dilemma.

Fifteen authors of Asian descent reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia, in short stories ranging from fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge.

Throughout its long history, Thailand has been a story of resilience and reinvention. Now the kingdom is entering a new, uncertain chapter. As it charts a way forward, this nation of nearly 70 million people is looking to refocus its economy. It wants to evolve from industrial work to innovative entrepreneurship. Thailand is tapping into its creative spirit and unique culture to create new engines of growth.

This is the story of President Duterte's campaign against drug dealers and addicts in the Philippines, told with unprecedented and intimate access to both sides of the bloody war--the Manila police and an ordinary family from the slums.

When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the world's biggest lockdown due to COVID-19, he gave the nation of 1.3 billion people only four hours' notice, unleashing one of the biggest mass migrations in his nation's history and leaving the poor in cities with no means of earning an income or feeding their families. Reporter Emma Alberici tells the story of how the poorest of Indians are coping with this nation wide shut down, probing if the...

They've come by the hundreds of thousands on a dangerous crossing. The Rohingya of Myanmar are a Muslim minority on the run, unwelcome at home in majority Buddhist Myanmar, and in neighboring Bangladesh, where hundreds of thousands have fled, seeking refuge. CNN correspondents Ivan Watson, Clarissa Ward, and Alexandra Field have continued to cover the tragedy firsthand, speaking to the Rohingya people, seeing what life is like in the squalor of refugee...

We continue our 8,000 kilometer journey across the ancient silk and spice routes, traveling south from Central Asia, across remote snow-topped mountains, to discover one of Asia's most important corridors of commerce: India. Sumnima Udas explores the spice trade, Ayuveda medicine techniques, a collaboration to create neonatal incubators for rural areas, and a new Internet based tea company.

Hanoi is the alluring capital of Vietnam, where French colonial aesthetics commingle with dizzying signs of development in one of Asia’s fastest growing economies. The center of Hanoi is the mythical Hoan Kiem, the Lake of the Restored Sword, which is buttressed by the Old Quarter, where tourists can be found wandering among street stalls and colonial buildings. We’ll follow six Instagrammers, based in Hanoi, as they showcase the best that their...

In final episode of this three part series, Ben Fogle continues his climb up Mount Everest after altitude sickness forces Victoria Pendelton to leave the expedition. Mountaineer Kenton Cool and Sherpas guide Ben along the trek when equipment failure threatens the lives of Ben and the cameraman in the Death Zone.

Alfred is awestruck by the modernity of life in Tashkent, the capital of present-day Uzbekistan and a major central Asian city. There is an incredible mix of ethnic groups in this part of the world. Our guide visits a silk factory—a must for anyone retracing the Silk Road. Then he treads the age-old route through the mountains to his next destination: Kyrgyzstan, the land of the nomads