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.
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Two decades after a catastrophic tsunami ... Both places have become the most popular tourist ...
Qurrata Ayuni, a 28-year-old survivor of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated her hometown two decades ago, has ...
Today, the world marks 20 years since the deadliest tsunami in recorded history, which killed more than 225,000 people. SBS ...
Encouraging the active participation of residents is essential to preserving disaster memory, maintaining memorials and ...
Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Maldives, and Thailand sustained the brunt of the damage. Indonesian officials estimated that ...
People have started gathering in prayer and are visiting mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province to mark 20 years since the ...
This is how a community rebuilds after a catastrophe – slowly, painfully and from the tsunami-sodden ground up.
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — 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 strikes again ...