After the tsunami: Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 20 years on
On 26 December 2004, a magnitude 9.1 undersea earthquake struck 240km west of Sumatra, Indonesia, rupturing the greatest ...
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Peace and piracy in the aftermath of the tsunami
AS NATURAL disasters go, the Boxing Day tsunami in 2004 was of a scale all its own: an estimated 238,000 people died as ...
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'Peace was born': how the 2004 tsunami changed Indonesia's Aceh
Former 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 ...
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Aceh hopeful as Indonesia beefs up warning system 20 years after tsunami
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 ...
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Govt to revise nation’s history, Culture Minister Fadli says
The Dutch takeover of Aceh was marked by the dissolution of the Aceh Sultanate, about 30 years after Dutch forces launched an attack in 1873. However, resistance by the Aceh people continued until ...
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Sultan Lskandarmuda Airport, Banda Aceh, Indonesia [ BTJ / WITT ]
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20 Years Later: Remembering the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami (Photos)
On December 26th, 2004, a whopping 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s island of Sumatra. In the aftermath of the quake, a massive tsunami was triggered, sending waves ...
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Memories of ‘Pak’ Kun
n early May 2005, Pak Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, who passed away on Dec. 17, 2023, walked off a plane at Banda Aceh’s Sultan Iskandar Muda airport into a hot, clear-blue-sky day. It was his first ...