These days, local children dress up as both real and imaginary figures, including Olympic fencing champion Cheung Ka Long, Ne Zha from a recent Chinese blockbuster animation, and the legendary ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reported a series of temblors in northern regions of Sumatra, Banda Aceh City and Aceh Besar District since Sunday, March ...

Its epicentre was located 16km northeast of the provincial capital of Banda Aceh and at a depth of 12km below earth. Indonesia’s meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency reported that ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having sex with each other.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Two men were publicly flogged in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province on Feb 27 after they were found guilty of sexual relations by a court operating under strict ...

Indonesia's Aceh Province Publicly Canes Two Men for Same-Sex Relationship BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (Reuters) -Two young Indonesian men convicted of having a same-sex relationship were publicly caned ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Two young Indonesian men convicted of having a same-sex relationship were publicly caned on Thursday in Aceh province, prompting calls by Amnesty ...

But it was Aceh, Indonesia – a province already blighted by decades of civil war – that was hardest hit, particularly the capital Banda Aceh, where waves of up to 20-30m swept through the city ...

Soon after, he looked out over the ocean in Banda Aceh and saw a wall of water heading his way. “When I came out of my home, I saw the big wave. I ran immediately and didn’t turn back.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia: Aceh resident Nahrawi Noerdin was among the lucky ones to survive the devastating Indian ocean tsunami 20 years ago. The former small business operator was out at sea that ...

Damage around the centre of Banda Aceh in 2004. Picture: Renee Nowytarger The key to its healing powers was the physical closeness traditional Acehnese dance demands, and the knowledge of land and ...