Aceh is home to a secessionist movement in Indonesia, and is run by a military government. For more context, NPR's Robert Siegel talks with James Clad of the National Defense University.

III. BACKGROUND TO THE CONFLICT The conflict in Aceh has worsened dramatically since the fall of President Soeharto in 1998. While GAM has been in existence since 1976, it is only in the last two ...

By RAHMAT MIRZA and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia (AP) — Almost 1,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar have arrived by boat in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh in ...

ACEH BESAR, Indonesia (AP) — Two boats carrying more than 300 Rohingya Muslims, including emaciated women and children, arrived at Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Sunday morning ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them for having sex with each other. Dozens ...

In an interview with The Asia Society, Ms. Marhaban discusses the background of Aceh's struggle for independence from Indonesia. Can you please elaborate the nature of the colonial experience in Aceh ...

A Dutch woman working as a volunteer in Indonesia's Aceh province has been shot and wounded. Marije Mellegers, 24, was travelling with seven child protection activists in the southern Aceh area when ...

LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia (AP) — Almost 1,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar have arrived by boat in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh in the last six days.

Dozens of people witnessed the caning at a public hall in Banda Aceh. It’s the fourth time that Aceh, the only province in Indonesia to practice Shariah law, has caned people for homosexuality ...