This later narrative was compelling enough to accelerate the post-tsunami recovery process. People in Aceh moved past the tsunami trauma by believing their deceased family members were martyrs who ...

The tsunami killed an estimated 130,000 people in Aceh. The densely populated Banda Aceh was the worst-hit — with some 60,000 people dead and many more missing.

F ormer rebel commander Muharram Idris once led 3,000 men to fight Indonesia's army in separatist Aceh, but now serves as a local politician after the legacy of a devastating tsunami two decades ...

The province of Aceh on the northern end of Sumatra suffered the heaviest damage, with more than 160,000 people killed. Six years after the Boxing Day Tsunami—or the Asian Tsunami as the disaste ...

In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake off the island of Sumatra in western Indonesia triggered a tsunami in the Indian ... Outside her home in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, neighborhood life goes on ...

SINGAPORE – Two decades after a tsunami devastated the Indonesian province of Aceh, survivors told Singapore’s Malay-language daily Berita Harian (BH) how they rebuilt their lives in a ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami destroyed her village, Tria Asnani still cries when she recalls how she lost her mother while trying to escape the giant waves.

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Traumatised by the Indian Ocean tsunami that hit Indonesia 20 years ago, Teuku Hafid Hududillah has spent his adult life making sure that if disaster ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — People started gathering in prayer on Thursday and visiting the mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami, one of ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia-Traumatised by the Indian Ocean tsunami that hit Indonesia 20 years ago, Mr Teuku Hafid Hududillah has spent his adult life making sure that if disaster strikes again ...

BANDA ACEH: Tearful mourners prayed on Thursday (Dec 26) as ceremonies were held across Asia to remember the 220,000 people who were killed two decades ago when a tsunami hit coastlines around ...

Saudah, 64, a survivor of the Indian Ocean tsunami, poses for pictures in front of coast guard ships that were carried about five kilometres inland near her house in the city center of Banda Aceh, ...