The North Sumatra region recorded the largest number of recipients of Christmas remissions with 3,196 prisoners.

On December 26th, 2004, a whopping 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s island of Sumatra. In ...

The body of Manmohan Singh, the former Indian prime minister whose death has spark outpourings of grief at home and accolades ...

Boxing Day, marks the 20th year since one of the world's most significant natural disasters, the Sumatra earthquake.

Survivors and victims' relatives will this week mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, ...

The brunt of the tsunami was felt in the Indonesian province of Aceh, where 170,000 people perished. Sri Lanka, India and ...

Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka visited a new toll road section connecting Tanjung Pura and Pangkalan ...

One of the deadliest natural disasters in modern history, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami marks its 20th anniversary on Dec. 26 ...

The powerful earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami that impacted ...

With better technology, we could further shorten the time between an earthquake and when the tsunami warning goes out.

In a public high school, students regularly take part in disaster simulations and get ready to evacuate ahead of a possible ...