We probably won’t be looking back on 2024 as one of history’s better years. Beneath all the gloom and backsliding, though, life got better for a lot of people around the world – and for a ...

Great Nicobar Island, lying perilously close to the epicenter, Indonesia’s Banda Aceh, suffered immensely ... Elders were revered as reservoirs of traditional knowledge. The division of labor ...

Although growing up in a traditional Javanese cultural environment (in combination ... When studying in Surabaya, Soekarno lived in the house of Oemar Said Tjokroaminoto, the first leader of the ...

But it was Aceh, Indonesia – a province already blighted ... of the tsunami is a fishing boat that came to rest on top of a house in Lampulo village around 1km from where it was originally ...

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 modern history's worst ...

Where were you on Dec 26, 2004? On that day, giant ocean waves devastated Indonesia’s Aceh province, killing more than 160,000 people. Aqil Hamzah and Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja revisit the disaster ...

ALOR SETAR: A traditional wooden house located at Dataran Medan Bandar here is set to become a new tourist attraction as part of the “Mai Singgah Alor Setar Lagi” programme in conjunction with ...

People started gathering in prayer on Thursday, visiting the mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province to mark 20 years since the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami, one of modern history's worst natural ...

JOHOR BAHRU: A Johor-born craft entrepreneur who specialises in crafting detailed replicas of traditional houses, is dedicated to exposing the younger generation to Malaysia’s rich architectural ...

In a traditional house design, embers typically get sucked inside the home through roof vents during a fire. It's one of the reasons why homes in Los Angeles are burning from the inside out.

Architectural changes have not altered the cultural norms, values, habits and behaviours attached to Xhosa rondavels.

The area's warm waters and white sand beaches are also driving a surge in international tourists, helping Aceh's post-tsunami economic recovery. SBS News Asia Correspondent Aaron Fernandes filed ...