Indonesia News » Aceh News Indonesia » Aceh » Economy: In Indonesia’s Aceh, a once-isolated forest hosts local travelers on bamboo rafts
In the semiautonomous region of Aceh, an Indigenous community has repurposed the bamboo rafts they use to commute downriver to sell tourism services to nearby urban settlements. The forests of Samar ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Economy: 21 years after disaster helped bring peace to Aceh – has botched Indonesian response to floods reignited calls for independence?
Thousands gathered at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh on Aug. 15, 2026, to commemorate 21 years of peace between Indonesia and the separatist Free Aceh Movement, or GAM. Some participants ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Economy: From Aceh to the world: A visionary’s transformation of Indonesia’s patchouli industry
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (ILO Story) – Under Aceh’s warm tropical sun, the fragrance of patchouli lingers – earthy, musky and inseparably bound to the province’s identity. Its rich, resinous aroma forms ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Economy: Twenty-one years on, Aceh’s peace faces new strains
A decades-long insurgency in the Indonesian province ended after 2004’s devastating tsunami. But pro-independence talk is on the rise again.
News Indonesia » Aceh » Economy: Reexamining Gender-Based Violence in the Aceh Conflict
People I have spoken to in Aceh often said that the tsunami of December 2004 brought peace to their community. Despite the significant losses suffered in the disaster, it led to the restoration of ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Economy: Indonesia’s Aceh Province Continues Caning as a Form of Punishment
A Sharia caning sentence being carried out in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, Sep. 19, 2014. Credit: Voice of America Subscribe for ads-free reading Indonesia’s conservative Aceh Province has once again ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Economy: Indonesia works to repair 413 disaster-hit religious sites in Aceh
The Public Works Ministry is advancing the rehabilitation and reconstruction of 413 disaster-damaged public facilities across Aceh Province, including places ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Economy: Memories of Aceh Chinese: We too remember, we too belong
20 years have passed since the Aceh tsunami, which left deep scars on Indonesia, especially for those directly affected. Aceh was also recovering from a three-decade armed conflict between the Free ...