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Asean sec-gen hails Malaysia’s leadership in KL Peace Accord and Timor-Leste admission
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 — Asean Secretary-General Dr Kao Kim Hourn has commended Malaysia’s crucial role, under the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, in brokering peace in the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict, which led to the...
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World : ASEAN Sec-Gen Praises Malaysia's Leadership In KL Peace Accord, Timor-Leste Admission
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 (Bernama) -- ASEAN Secretary-General Dr Kao Kim Hourn has commended Malaysia’s crucial role, under the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, in brokering peace in the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict, which...
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ASEAN Sec-Gen Praises Malaysia's Leadership In KL Peace Accord, Timor-Leste Admission
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 (Bernama) -- ASEAN Secretary-General Dr Kao Kim Hourn has commended Malaysia’s crucial role, under the leadership of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, in brokering peace in the Cambodia-Thailand border conflict, which...
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Saharawi Ambassador delivered letter to President of Timor-Leste from Saharawi President
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Dili (Timor-Leste), 6 November 2025 (SPS) - The President of Timor-Leste and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, H.E. Dr. Jose Ramos-Horta received in Audience Wednesday in Nicolau Lobato Presidential Palace the Saharawi Republic (SADR) Ambassador to...
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PEV popularity grows as Timor-Leste takes top slot
Stephen Howes and Natasha Turia The second Pacific Engagement Visa (PEV) ballot has closed and the results show that the visa, which was surprisingly popular the first time around (last year), was even more popular this year. The total number...
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Darwin professionals volunteer to help disabled children in Timor Leste
Members of the Darwin project team with Alma Nuns and Eddie De Pina in Dili this week (James Finch) A group of Northern Territory professionals is in Timor-Leste this week to help expand a vital disability care centre, offering new hope to some of...
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Timor-Leste: Govt approves $16M for Greater Sunrise with pipeline to south coast
The Government of Timor-Leste on Tuesday approved an investment of US$16 million (€13.9 million) to develop the Greater Sunrise gas field and ensure that the gas pipeline comes to the country. The expenditure of US$16 million is to be carried out...
Owner: Paulo Azevedo
From G20 to the AU — lessons and challenges from the international economic alphabet soup
The Group of 20 (G20) — whose summit will soon take place in Johannesburg — is just one element of an alphabet soup of acronyms and initialisms that identify important international economic bodies. Whether they overlap, compete or actively...
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Business leaders frustrated by repeat flood devastation
WIDESPREAD damage from Typhoon Tino has paralyzed businesses, disrupted supply chains and crippled key industries across Cebu, prompting the province’s business chambers to mount coordinated relief operations while urging stronger collaboration...
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Commentary: To join the ASEAN neighbourhood, Timor-Leste should connect with Indonesia
Outside the mostly one-directional trade in goods, there are also workers, students and tourists who could flow between Indonesia and Timor-Leste more efficiently. Valuable developments would include starting direct flights from Dili to Kupang and...
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Timor-Leste: to join the ASEAN neighbourhood, start with the house next door
Wandering through the cavernous, white-tiled port building of Kupang, in Indonesia’s West Timor, you might momentarily think you’re in the maritime gateway to a much bigger place. But linger a little longer and it’s clear the glistening modern...
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ASEAN Welcomes East Timor, Asia's Youngest Nation, as 11th Member
Time for infographic artists and geography teachers in the region to update their work on ASEAN. As Reuters reported, on Sunday, October 26, Timor-Leste officially became the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). It...
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Timor-Leste Joins ASEAN — A New Frontier for Strategic Investors
On October 26, 2025, Timor-Leste became the 11th member of ASEAN, completing a process that began with its observer status in 2022. The milestone integrates the country into Southeast Asia’s main trade and policy framework and marks its transition...
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World News | India Sends Rabies Aid to Timor-Leste as Island Nation Battles Outbreak
New Delhi [India], November 4 (ANI): India has sent 10,000 doses of rabies vaccine and 2,000 vials of rabies immunoglobulin to Timor-Leste to help the island nation tackle a rabies outbreak, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Monday....
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Timor Est entra nell’ASEAN: una svolta storica per Dili e un banco di prova per l’integrazione regionale
L’ammissione di Timor Est come undicesimo membro dell’ASEAN, formalizzata a Kuala Lumpur il 26 ottobre 2025 durante il 47º Vertice dell’Associazione, segna il compimento di un percorso iniziato quattordici anni fa e rilancia l’agenda regionale su...
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Nature-based solutions to boost water and food security in Timor-Leste
ACIAR ACIAR-supported project is working to enhance water and food security in Timor-Leste through nature-based, integrated water management solutions. Access to reliable water and nutritious food remains a major challenge for many communities in...
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Timor-Leste for the win, Trump’s a bonus
NOT once but twice. It really is a case of history repeating itself for Malaysia and Asean, in a good way. We are talking about the entry of a new member state. Not about the blunder made, thrice over, by national broadcaster Radio Televisyen...
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East Timor’s journey to Asean membership can be source of inspiration
Emotions understandably ran high as East Timor formally became the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations on October 26. The region and the world should now support Asia’s newest nation as it pursues long-awaited opportunities...
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Timor-Leste joins ASEAN (October 31, 2025)
France congratulates Timor-Leste on becoming a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the 47th ASEAN summit held in Kuala Lumpur from October 26 to 28. Throughout the 14-year negotiation process, France fully supported...
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Blood in the Water: Profit over the People of Timor-Leste
Contrary to popular belief, it turns out that sharks have an undeserved reputation for indiscriminate lethal attacks on people whose blood they detect in the water. In fact, sharks much prefer their customary aquatic prey, can tell the difference...
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