The former Portuguese colony, once called East Timor, has come a long way since 2002, when it gained independence from ...

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 ...

K UALA LUMPUR, Oct 26 — History was made today as Timor-Leste was officially welcomed as Asean’s 11th member, marking the ...

East Timor has been formally admitted into the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in the group’s first expansion since ...

Asia's youngest nation East Timor on Sunday became the 11th member of the Southeast Asian bloc ASEAN, fulfilling a vision set ...

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, ...

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 ...

Foreign Ministers Bendito Freitas of Timor-Leste and Ma. Theresa Lazaro of the Philippines seal a moment of strengthened ties with a handshake in Manila. The visit comes ahead of Timor-Leste’s formal ...