In October 2025, Timor-Leste will conclude what President Jose Ramos-Horta called its “long-awaited accession” to become the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, ...

In October 2025, Timor-Leste will be officially admitted to ASEAN as its 11th member state. This will mark the realization of the long-standing aspiration for regional integration the young country ...

Malaysia may lead the admission of Timor-Leste into ASEAN in 2025, despite challenges like undeveloped social and economic systems and concerns over the nation's growing ties with China. Timor-Leste ...

Since the 2022 ASEAN summits, when ASEAN members agreed ‘in principle’ to Timor-Leste’s admission and guaranteed its observer status, Timor-Leste’s entry into ASEAN is a real possibility. This was ...

The 10 countries of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed “in principle” to admit Timor-Leste as its 11th member but this will depend on fact-finding missions, which are ...

Asia’s youngest country and Asean’s latest member might be small but it’s ready to get to work. We speak to president José Ramos-Horta to explore what’s next. At long last Timor-Leste has been ...

Timor-Leste's President Jose Ramos-Horta (left) watches as Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (second, right) is presented with a document stating that Timor-Leste has joined the Association of Southeast ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Timor Leste's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao visited the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta on Thursday, December 11, 2025. This marked his first meeting with ASEAN officials after Timor ...

DILI: Timor-Leste is accelerating efforts to improve its infrastructure, as the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) newest member gears up to host its first summit for the regional ...

DILI – Ms Ana Hula Muda was only five when the men in black came. It was 1999. Just after lunch, pro-Indonesian militia stormed her family home in the coastal town of Liquica. Wearing red-and-white ...

Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao greets Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim before the plenary session at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 26, 2025 (pool photo by Mohd ...