Timor Leste – Asia Times

Nobel Peace Prize winner Belo an alleged pedophile

by John McBeth October 5, 2022October 10, 2022

JAKARTA – A political bombshell could be about to explode over the deeply-Catholic state of Timor Leste following revelations that the Vatican covered up long-rumored accusations that Nobel Peace Prize laureate Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo was a serial pedophile. The Vatican has now confirmed the 74-year-old Belo has been under disciplinary sanctions in Portugal […]

Timorese residents wave national flags of China and Timor-Leste to welcome the visiting Chinese naval hospital ship Peace Ark (Hull 866) at the port of Dili on December 14, 2017. Photo: Facebook/Jiang Shan

Timor-Leste election opens new door to China

by David Hutt April 20, 2022April 25, 2022

Sun is setting on Timor-Leste’s pipe dream

by Hamish McDonald October 5, 2020October 8, 2020

AT Finance, Australia, Oceania, Timor Leste

East Timor celebrates 20 years of freedom

by Michael Leach August 31, 2019February 18, 2020

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Indonesia, Iraq, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Timor Leste, United States, Vietnam, World

The empty legacy of Richard Holbrooke

by Jefferson Morley June 13, 2019February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Indonesia, Timor Leste

18 nelayan Indonesia ditahan di Timor Timur

by Asia Times staff January 24, 2019January 24, 2019

Indonesian President Joko Widodo looks out to sea in a December 2018 government handout photo.

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Middle East, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, Syria, Taiwan, Timor Leste, Vietnam, World

Indonesia arming up in the South China Sea

by John McBeth January 11, 2019February 18, 2020

Xanana Gusmao, independence hero and the country's first president, shows his ink-stained finger after voting in the general election in Dili, East Timor, May 12, 2018. REUTERS/Lirio Da Fonseca

AT Finance, Australia, Cambodia, European Union, Indonesia, New Zealand, Oceania, Timor Leste, Vietnam, World

Fate of two nations: Cambodia and East Timor

by Sawathey Ek December 31, 2018December 31, 2018

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has proposed to move Australia's Israel Embassy from Tel Aviv to Israel. Photo: Youtube

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, Timor Leste, World

Australia embassy move blows up Muslim world

by Alan Boyd November 21, 2018February 18, 2020

Australia's incoming Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at a press conference in Canberra on August 24, 2018.Photo: AFP/Saeed Khan

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, France, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, Timor Leste, World

Australia antes up to challenge China in the Pacific

by Alan Boyd November 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Timorese residents wave national flags of China and Timor-Leste to welcome the visiting Chinese naval hospital ship Peace Ark (Hull 866) at the port of Dili on December 14, 2017. Photo: Facebook/Jiang Shan

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Greater Bay Area, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Macau, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Singapore, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Timor Leste, World

Timor-Leste developing closer ties with China

by David Hutt November 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Flag of East Timor. Image: iStock

AT Finance, Timor Leste, World

Strengthening the fight against corruption in East Timor

by Jonas Guterres October 2, 2018

New Australian legislation will require tech companies to open back doors to their encryption technologies. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Oceania, Timor Leste, World

Australia spy trial carries hidden dangers

by Alan Boyd July 23, 2018February 18, 2020

TO GO WITH 'Myanmar-politics-religion-unrest,FOCUS' by Amelie Bottollier-DepoisThis picture taken on October 9, 2012 shows ethnic Rakhine Buddhists at the Shwe Zaydi monastery turned into a camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) in Sittwe, capital of Myanmar's western Rakhine state. Disgruntled by international support for Muslim Rohingya in unrest-hit western Myanmar, ethnic Rakhine Buddhists are demanding recognition of their own plight and venting a rage that veers into racism. AFP PHOTO/Christophe ARCHAMBAULT / AFP PHOTO / CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Northeast Asia, Philippines, South Asia, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Timor Leste, World

Asian nations move slowly toward reconciling with violent pasts

by Binaifer Nowrojee July 2, 2018

Filipinos are now allowed visa-free entry to 66 countries. Photos: Google Maps, Wikemedia Commons/Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs

AT Finance, Brunei, China, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Timor Leste, World

Filipinos can now visit 66 countries visa-free

by Asia Times staff May 24, 2018February 18, 2020

An Australian Customs officer with an Indonesian fisherman in waters near the two countries' maritime border in a file photo. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East, Oceania, Timor Leste

Ketegangan masalah batas Indonesia-Australia muncul kembali

by Asia Times staff May 15, 2018

Supporters of the AMP (The Alliance for Change and Progress) party shout slogans during a campaign rally ahead of the weekend's parliamentary elections in Dili, East Timor, May 8, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Lirio Da Fonseca

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Oceania, South Asia, Timor Leste

Timor-Leste election resolves political stalemate

by David Hutt May 13, 2018February 18, 2020

Supporters of new Malaysian Prime Minnister Mahathir Mohamad are seen outside of the National Palace, a day after general election in Kuala Lumpur, May 10, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

AT Finance, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Myanmar, Northeast Asia, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam

Malaysia’s vote an unlikely democratic domino

by David Hutt May 11, 2018February 18, 2020

A woman passes a live telecast of Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak addressing the nation on the dissolution of Parliament at an electronics shop in Port Klang, Malaysia April 6, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Lai Seng Sin

AT Finance, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Maldives, South Asia, Thailand, Timor Leste

Prelude to unfree, unfair elections in Malaysia

by Nile Bowie May 3, 2018February 18, 2020

A flotilla of Chinese naval vessels in a live combat drill in an undated photo. Photo: AFP/China Out

Afghanistan, AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, France, India, Japan, Middle East, Myanmar, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, Pakistan, South Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, Timor Leste, World

China advances, West frets in South Pacific

by Bertil Lintner April 25, 2018February 18, 2020

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