Prangtip Daorueng

exclusive Newly-minted governor Irwandi Yusuf talks to malaysiakini about peace, politics and the future of Aceh. This is the final of a three-part series as Irwandi begins his task as Aceh's new leader.

exclusive He was one of two prisoners - the other a petty thief - to have climbed to the roof top after the tsunami struck Aceh. This is second of a three-part series on Irwandi Yusuf, Aceh's first directly elected governor.

exclusive Malaysiakini explores the challenges facing Aceh in this three-part series as Irwandi Yusuf begins his five-year term today as the province's first directly elected governor.

A new battlefront is now staring right in the eyes of Thai journalists - attempts to control the media over the past two years under the Thaksin Shinawatra administration.

The Dec 9 peace accord is the beginning of the end for the 26-year-old separatist conflict between Jakarta and the restive Indonesian province that has claimed over 10,000 Acehnese lives.