Southeast Asian leaders have agreed to accept Timor-Leste as the 11th member of the regional bloc at the upcoming ASEAN ...

Timor-Leste, which first applied for ASEAN membership in 2011, was granted observer status at high-level meetings in 2022.

MANILA, Philippines — Expelled Negros Oriental congressman Arnolfo Teves Jr. was arrested Tuesday evening at his residence in Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste. According to Teves' legal counsel, ...

MANILA, Philippines – The Philippines has reaffirmed its support for Timor-Leste's full ASEAN membership ahead of this week's regional summit — just two months after Manila publicly criticized ...

Timor-Leste is on track for its long-awaited accession to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan said yesterday, adding that it could join the ...

Timor-Leste is one of the world's poorest countries and some concerns remain around whether it could participate meaningfully in ASEAN's development agenda. However, the bloc's foreign ministers ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines will still support Timor-Leste’s bid to become part of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), according to incoming Foreign Affairs Secretary ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Timor-Leste is inching closer to full Asean membership, with Prime Minister Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão hopeful of achieving this by the end of the year. He said this optimism is based ...

KUALA LUMPUR – Timor-Leste will become Asean’s 11th member state, with full membership to be granted at the next regional meeting in Kuala Lumpur later in 2025. Announcing this at a press ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Timor-Leste’s wait to be included in Asean will be over in five months, when they will be granted full membership at the next regional meeting, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced.

KUALA LUMPUR - The Philippines will continue to back Timor Leste’s bid in joining the ASEAN, a senior official of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. “We also committed to supporting ...

Southeast Asian leaders have agreed to accept Timor-Leste as the 11th member of the regional bloc at the upcoming Asean Summit in October, subject to the fulfilment of several remaining ...