Kajhu, Indonesia, Sep 17 (efe_epa).Kajhu, Indonesia, Sep 17 (efe_epa). — The many brick factories in an unassuming village in Indonesia’s northwestern province of Aceh have helped the region rebuild ...

For 29 years between 1976 and 2005, Indonesia’s province of Aceh waged an armed insurgency against Jakarta rule, a conflict which claimed more than 15,000 lives. Following a concerted push by the ...

Army chief Gen Apirat Kongsompong flew to Aceh province on Indonesia's Sumatra island on Tuesday to sign an agreement on security cooperation in dousing the flames of southern unrest in Thailand. Gen ...

EAST ACEH, INDONESIA: A group of men caught gambling were publicly whipped in Indonesia's conservative Muslim province of Aceh on Tuesday as a crowd of onlookers cheered. The half dozen men were ...

A young woman screamed in pain as she was caned Monday in front of a jeering crowd in Indonesia's Aceh, the latest person to be punished for breaking the province's strict Islamic laws. Aceh is the ...

BANGKOK (AP) — An intelligence-sharing agreement signed by the army chiefs of Thailand and Indonesia is unlikely to significantly help Thailand end a Muslim separatist insurgency in its deep south, ...

An Indonesian man collapsed while being publicly caned Monday for spending time with a woman who is not his wife in contravention of strict Islamic laws in a staunchly Muslim part of the country.

In Indonesia’s Aceh, isolated skirmishes have been reported between government forces and separatist rebels, ending an unofficial truce that has been in place since the tsunami struck on 26 December.

This week, Thailand’s army chief paid a visit to Indonesia’s Aceh province. While the trip was scheduled and tied to the signing of an intelligence-sharing agreement, the rare publicized visit to Aceh ...