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Based on 10 verified sources covering Myanmar, Thailand:

JAKARTA -- Nearly two weeks after cyclonic floods and landslides hit Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing 961 people, dozens of villages remain cut off, driving local officials to intensify calls for Jakarta to open the region to foreign assistance. [1]

LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia -- When I told two friends that I was planning a trip to Indonesia's Aceh province, they both said the same thing: "Oh. [2]

JAKARTA -- Victims of floods and landslides in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh are at risk of famine as hundreds of villages remain cut off more than two weeks after cyclones hit Sumatra, local officials warned on Thursday. [3]

Migrants believed to be Rohingya rest inside a shelter after being rescued from boats at Lhoksukon in Indonesia’s Aceh Province May 11, 2015. [4]

An Indonesian medic carries a migrant who arrived by boat with Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants to an ambulance for medical assistance in Kuala Langsa in Indonesia’s Aceh Province May 15, 2015. [5]

At the end of 2011, after hearing that police in Aceh province in northwestern Sumatra -- Indonesia's most religiously conservative region -- had arrested local punk rockers and shaved their heads to "reeducate" them, I vowed I would never visit. [6]

AFP More than 200 Rohingya refugees were relocated from the beaches of a remote Indonesian island Wednesday after weeks adrift on a wooden boat, as authorities rejected locals’ efforts to push the members of the persecuted Myanmar minority back to se... [7]

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Lawmakers in a conservative Muslim Indonesian province passed a law Saturday that punishes gay sex by public caning and subjects non-Muslims to the region’s strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law. [8]

Sources
[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-12-08 · 75% match

Indonesia grapples with Sumatra disaster as governor calls for foreign aid

JAKARTA -- Nearly two weeks after cyclonic floods and landslides hit Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing 961 people, dozens of villages remain cut off, driving local officials to intensify calls for Jakarta to open the region to foreign assistance.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-10-05 · 75% match

Footloose in Lhokseumawe: Hitting the beach in Aceh

LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia -- When I told two friends that I was planning a trip to Indonesia's Aceh province, they both said the same thing: "Oh.

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-12-11 · 73% match

Indonesia's Aceh warns of famine as Sumatra flood fatalities near 1,000

JAKARTA -- Victims of floods and landslides in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh are at risk of famine as hundreds of villages remain cut off more than two weeks after cyclones hit Sumatra, local officials warned on Thursday.

[4] MM burma.irrawaddy.com · 2015-05-13 · 75% match

Migrants believed to be Rohingya rest inside a shelter after being rescued from boats at Lhoksukon in Indonesia’s Aceh Province

Migrants believed to be Rohingya rest inside a shelter after being rescued from boats at Lhoksukon in Indonesia’s Aceh Province May 11, 2015.

[5] MM burma.irrawaddy.com · 2015-05-16 · 75% match

An Indonesian medic carries a migrant who arrived by boat with Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants to an ambulance for medical assistance in Kuala Langsa in Indonesia’s Aceh Province

An Indonesian medic carries a migrant who arrived by boat with Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants to an ambulance for medical assistance in Kuala Langsa in Indonesia’s Aceh Province May 15, 2015.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-04-03 · 75% match

How tourism can soften hard-line Aceh

At the end of 2011, after hearing that police in Aceh province in northwestern Sumatra -- Indonesia's most religiously conservative region -- had arrested local punk rockers and shaved their heads to "reeducate" them, I vowed I would never visit.

[7] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2023-11-23 · 75% match

Indonesia moves rejected Rohingya refugees stranded on beach

AFP More than 200 Rohingya refugees were relocated from the beaches of a remote Indonesian island Wednesday after weeks adrift on a wooden boat, as authorities rejected locals’ efforts to push the members of the persecuted Myanmar minority back to se

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-09-29 · 75% match

Indonesia Province to Punish Gay Sex by Caning

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — Lawmakers in a conservative Muslim Indonesian province passed a law Saturday that punishes gay sex by public caning and subjects non-Muslims to the region’s strict interpretation of Islamic sharia law.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2016-12-08 · 75% match

Thousands Take Refuge in Mosques After Deadly Aceh Quake

MEUREUDU, Indonesia — Thousands of people in the Indonesian province of Aceh took refuge for the night in mosques and temporary shelters after a strong earthquake Wednesday killed nearly 100 people and destroyed dozens of buildings.

[10] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2024-04-03 · 75% match

Four Indonesians arrested over Rohingya refugees smuggling

Four Indonesian suspects in connection with the smuggling of Rohingya refugees are seen during a press conference at the West Aceh Police Station in Meulaboh, West Aceh, on April 2, 2024/Photo:AFP AFP Four Indonesians have been arrested in connection

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