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Asia & Pacific 4 months ago
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Timor-Leste’s entry, Trump’s attendance take center stage at ASEAN summit
Timor-Leste’s long-awaited admission into ASEAN and United States President Donald Trump’s attendance, his first since returning to office, have dominated the first day of the bloc’s 47th summit on Sunday, when its members reiterated the importance of unity and cooperation amid rising global tensions.
Asia & Pacific 4 months ago
Timor Leste, Asia's youngest nation, becomes ASEAN's 11th member
Timor Leste's accession to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations follows a 14-year wait and though its membership is not expected to be transformative, it represents a symbolic victory for its President Jose Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, the heroes of its struggle for independence.
Asia & Pacific 4 months ago
Timor Leste's ASEAN membership a win for Asia's youngest nation
Timor Leste, Southeast Asia's poorest nation with 1.4 million people and slightly bigger than Qatar, applied to join the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2011 and was granted observer status in 2022.
Asia & Pacific 5 months ago
Timor Leste police fire tear gas at protest over plan to buy cars for MPs
More than 1,000 people, mostly university students, rallied near the National Parliament in Dili to protest against the plan approved last year to procure cars for each of the 65 members of parliament.
Archipelago 6 months ago
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East Nusa Tenggara resident shot amid border dispute with Timor-Leste authorities
Jakarta and Dili have been negotiating their land borders since 2002, shortly after Timor-Leste formalized its independence following a United Nations-supervised referendum in 1999. More than two decades later, both countries have yet to reach a full agreement on their land boundary, particularly concerning the Noel Besi-Citrana and Bidjael Sunan-Oben segments.
