East Timor's Prime Minister pledged on Sunday (October 26, 2025) that his country would be a productive member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)as it was formally admitted to the ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Tears, cheers and applause filled the International Media Centre at the 47th Asean Summit and Related Summits as Timor Leste took its place in the Asean family. Describing it as a dream ...

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Asean secretary-general Kao Kim Hourn present the declaration of Timor-Leste’s accession to the bloc to prime minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao. On the left is ...

Former Portuguese colony ends 14-year ASEAN wait ASEAN membership 'a dream realised', PM says Accession a symbolic victory for its independence heroes PM says accession will bring trade, investment ...

[KUALA LUMPUR] For the first time in 26 years, Asean has expanded its ranks, with Timor-Leste officially admitted as the grouping’s 11th member on Oct 26. The announcement came as regional leaders ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Sunday welcomed Timor-Leste’s official inclusion as a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), calling it a “historic ...

This month, Timor-Leste will become ASEAN’s 11th member - an achievement which the tiny island has been crawling towards since the turn of the century. As Southeast Asia’s youngest state, ...

Asia's youngest nation, Timor-Leste, is set to join ASEAN this weekend, realizing a decades-long dream. Timor-Leste was invaded and occupied by neighboring Indonesia in 1975, sparking a resistance ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines, through the Department of Foreign Affairs, is looking to forge stronger relations with Timor-Leste and explore various areas of partnership between the two ...

JAKARTA – Asia’s youngest nation Timor-Leste is set to achieve a decades-long dream when it becomes the 11th member of Asean this weekend, which analysts say is a win politically, although the ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) on Wednesday vowed to guide Timor-Leste in biodiversity and anti-human trafficking and other key areas ahead of the latter’s formal entry ...