People lived in many parts of the Old World by then but had not yet reached Australia or the Americas. The bulk of the human ...

Illegal deforestation has reportedly surged to record levels in a wildlife reserve at the northern tip of Indonesia’s Sumatra ...

On December 26th, 2004, a whopping 9.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s island of Sumatra ... had been enjoying Indonesia’s world-class waves for decades, and ...

Over 20 years ago, then Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputri banned the export of sea sand from her archipelago nation ...

In November a landslide and flash floods triggered by heavy downpours hit Indonesia’s North Sumatra province, leaving 20 dead and two missing. A landslide in the region also hit a tourist bus ...

Medan, Indonesia ... North Sumatra, said that while Indonesia’s TKDN policy is aimed at supporting local industry, it could have unintended consequences. “As a member of the World Trade ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — People gathered in prayer ... The powerful earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, triggered a tsunami that killed around 230,000 ...

On 26 December 2004 at 07:59 local time, a magnitude 9.1 undersea earthquake struck 240km west of Sumatra, Indonesia ... one of the finest coffees in the world," says Muzakir.

Boxing Day 2004 produced one of the most devastating disasters the world has seen when a massive ... had struck the coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia and triggered the tsunami that left ...