The Diplomat

Is Timor-Leste Ready to Join ASEAN?

On June 18 of this year, Timor-Leste abstained from a resolution in the United Nations General Assembly condemning the military regime in Myanmar. The decision drew ample criticism, including from ...
The Diplomat

Comprehending Timor-Leste’s Delayed Accession to ASEAN

For 11 years, ASEAN member states have advanced a number of rationales for delaying the admission of the region’s youngest nation. East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta talks during a joint press ...

Timor-Leste is vulnerable to ‘infiltration by foreign organized crime’, president José Ramos-Horta says

Australian federal police say they are working with tiny nation to respond to threat of online scam centres ...
Forbes

Timor Leste’s Energy Ambitions Could Make It The ‘Next Guyana’

One of the more interesting sessions presented at the recent Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston focused on the tiny Indian Ocean nation of Timor-Leste, featuring the President and CEO of ...

Private jets, deserted shores and an unbuilt resort: alleged links to sanctioned ‘scam’ empire revealed in Timor-Leste

Exclusive: Investigation finds alleged Prince Group associates were involved in unusual development in tiny nation on Australia’s doorstep, raising concerns about global spread of online fraud industr ...
PBS

Pope Francis to visit East Timor as church sex abuse scandals there are met by silence

DILI, East Timor (AP) — When the Vatican acknowledged in 2022 that the Nobel Peace Prize-winning, East Timorese independence hero Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo had sexually abused young boys, it appeared ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

President of Timor-Leste says China didn't want to develop police, military infrastructure over worries of Australia's reaction

The President of Timor-Leste José Ramos-Horta has suggested that Chinese diplomats turned down requests to develop police and military infrastructure in his country because they were worried about ...
Forbes

The Women Helping Timor-Leste To Emerge From Conflict - Twenty Years Since Independence

This year, Timor-Leste – otherwise known as East Timor – turned 20-years-old. A significant achievement for this beautiful, young country that is home to vibrant marine life and incredible ...
Time

Between Two Homes East Timor's leaders are urging exiles to return. But some who sought refuge in Australia don't want to go

Plenty of teenagers worry about what they will do when they leave school. Erna Lay worries more about where she will be. The 15-year-old worries so much, says elder sister Ervina, that she can barely ...
Business Insider

I've traveled to 20 countries in 2 years. I found the most stunning coast in one of the least-visited countries.

I traveled to Timor-Leste in May and spent four days exploring its capital city. Timor-Leste is one of the least-visited countries in the world. While inaccessible and expensive, it was worth visiting ...
The Independent

East Timor deports an ex-Filipino congressman accused of masterminding a governor’s murder

East Timor on Thursday deported a former Filipino congressman charged with multiple murders in the Philippines, saying that he was a national security threat whose presence could damage the country’s ...