Timor-Leste

SEA Games 2025: Young Lions on the brink of elimination after 3-1 loss to Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste scoring against Singapore in their SEA Games group match at the Rajamangala National Stadium on Dec 6.

SEA Games 2025: Thailand get off to fine start in men’s football with rout of Timor-Leste

Thailand defeated Timor-Leste 6-1 in their SEA Games football match.

What Asean and buoyant Manchester United have in common

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (with gavel) during a symbolic handover of the Asean chairmanship to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr in Kuala Lumpur on Oct 28.

Timor-Leste officially admitted to Asean, becoming its 11th member amid calls to strengthen unity

Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (left), China’s Premier Li Qiang (right) and Timor-Leste's Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao during the signing ceremony on Oct 26.

Timor-Leste’s Asean membership a win for Asia’s youngest nation

Decades after Mr Ramos-Horta raised the idea of Timor-Leste joining Asean in the 1970s, the country will be formalised as a member at the Oct 26 to Oct 28 Asean leaders summit.

Timor-Leste to become Asean’s 11th member in October, formalised at KL summit

Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim (R) and East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta (2nd L) inspect the guard of honour at the Presidential Palace in Dili, East Timor, on September 23, 2025. (Photo by Valentino Dariell DE SOUSA / AFP)

Timor-Leste axes plan to buy SUVs for MPs

Student-led demonstrations against the multi-million dollar purchase drew thousands this week in the capital Dili, with demonstrators and police clashing two days in a row.

Timor-Leste police fire tear gas on second day of car purchase protests

University students are protesting the parliament’s plan to buy 65 SUVs for lawmakers.

Commentary

Asean cannot drift on autopilot

Asean must focus on key challenges where action is urgently needed, says the writer.

Western aid cuts risk fracturing Asean unity

As the gap between wealthier and poorer members widens, Asean risks becoming a two-speed bloc, says the writer.

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