Indonesian authorities say 264 Rohingya minority Muslims have come ashore in the country's Aceh province. Local police say ...

Christmas in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered tsunami waves that killed some 230,000 people ...

More than 260 weak and hungry Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, have landed in Indonesia in two boats.

People have started gathering in prayer and are visiting mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province to mark 20 years since the ...

On 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.1 undersea earthquake struck 240km west of Sumatra, Indonesia, rupturing the greatest ...

Memory canonization is evident in the creation of disaster monuments and commemoration events, including in Aceh.

Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia, Masaki Yasushi, has expressed the hope that the Aceh government will strengthen disaster ...

Indian Ocean tsunami that devastated Aceh proved to be a blessing in disguise by paving the way for the immediate resolution ...

The earthquake and tsunami claimed the lives of over 200,000 people, the deadliest natural disaster of the 21st century.

Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has ...

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People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province to commemorate 20 years since the Indian Ocean ...