Fishermen at work on a beach outside Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on Nov. 17, 2014 A few minutes after the catastrophic Indian Ocean earthquake of Dec. 26, 2004, two massive explosions tore through Lampuuk, ...

In 2003, journalist Ersa Siregar was kidnapped while covering the Aceh conflict, and later killed in a shootout. His son, ...

Today marks 13 years since the government of Indonesia and the armed pro-independence movement, the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), signed a peace agreement in Helsinki. The peace deal ended 29 years of ...

"Your jeans are too tight. And you should be wearing a longer blouse." It sounded like something my mother would say when I was a teenager, telling me how I should or shouldn't dress. But those were ...

MEULABOH, Indonesia — It is a little past noon on Friday, time for Anshari and his troops to spring into action. Their first stop is outside the gates of Meulaboh’s central mosque, where fruit and ...

Prabowo marks Eid in Aceh, visiting housing for flood survivors as Indonesia continues post-disaster reconstruction.

Earlier, President Prabowo said post-disaster recovery in Aceh Tamiang is nearly complete, with all residents moved from ...

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Indonesian war planes attacked a rebel base and troops parachuted into restive Aceh province Monday, as the military launched a major offensive just hours after peace talks broke down and the ...

Pity the poor tourism officials of Aceh. Their job — promoting the beaches, jungles and rich culture of an unspoiled and underexplored Indonesian province — should be easy. But just as Aceh recovered ...

President Prabowo Subianto announced yesterday that the small atolls will pass from North Sumatra to Aceh, putting an end to a long-standing dispute. The issue concerns rich gas deposits discovered ...

A seizure in Indonesia of a vehicle packed with dozens of animals, from an orangutan to big cat parts and hornbills, has set ...