Sumatra

The natives belong to different islands in the East Indian archipelago, but all speak the same language: we saw the inhabitants of Borneo, Celebes, Java, and Sumatra. In colour they resemble the Tahitians, from whom they do not widely differ in features.

Is it conceivable that the ether in Sumatra should be so deadly as to cause total insensibility at the very time when the ether here has had no appreciable effect upon us whatever?

When all was ready we set sail for Achin, in the island of Sumatra, and from thence to Siam, where we exchanged some of our wares for opium and some arrack; the first a commodity which bears a great price among the Chinese, and which at that time was much wanted there.

Summary: Sumatra [Indonesia], Jun 3 (ANI): An earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter Scale rattled Indonesia's western North Sumatra province on Monday.

'The development is quite positive and is expected to operate immediately in the right time and can immediately be used for connectivity in the Lampung region in particular and Sumatra in general,' said Minister Rini.

WHEN you stop by top shopping malls or other culinary centres in Singapore, South Korea, Australia or Japan and pick durian ice cream - a favourite dessert for many because of its unique state and smell - you may never think that its basic ingredient was in fact exported from North Sumatra.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 (KUNA) -- Death toll of the tsunami waves that hit shores of Java and Sumatra Islands in Indonesia last Saturday reached 280, it was announced Monday.

The tsunami struck Sunda Strait coastal areas along western Java and southern Sumatra islands without warning in the darkness of Saturday night.

1 / 19 Indonesian dancers pose for photographers during the 2018 Minangkabau art and culture festival in Batusangkar, West Sumatra with the Istano Basa Pagaruyuang at the background on November 28, 2018.

More than 500 homes in the provinces of North and West Sumatra have been flooded or damaged, with some swept away by the floods, which also destroyed three suspension bridges, said a disaster relief official.

The government is determined to carry out all necessary measures to prevent forest and land fires from spreading on the island of Sumatra, as the Asia Games are set to kick off on Aug.

Prisoners of the Sumatra Railway: Narratives of History and Memory is an in-depth, scholarly study of the experiences of British prisoners of war (POWs) who were forced to construct a railway across Sumatra, an island in Western Indonesia.

Malaysians are recorded as the highest number of people travelling to West Sumatra, the Indonesian province that is famous for its ethnic Minangkabau and Padang cuisine.

Spurred by her interest in a grandfather she never met, Oliver brings to light the life-writing of British former POWs who labored on the Sumatra Railway during World War II.