DILI: When Maria do Ceu Lopes da Silva was younger, she had no interest in Tais, the handwoven traditional textile of Timor-Leste. It was only in 2002, the year her country gained independence ...

Timor-Leste’s achievements as the newest country in Asia are underpinned ... In order to equip all young men and women for the labour market, investment is rapidly needed in quality secondary, ...

Timor-Leste’s achievements as the newest country in Asia are underpinned ... In order to equip all young men and women for the labour market, investment is rapidly needed in quality secondary, ...

As a result, levels of chronic malnutrition are extremely high, particularly among children under five. Timor-Leste is also plagued by energy poverty, with only a small percentage of the population ...

Asia’s youngest country has been waiting to be a member of ASEAN since 2011. The benefits of membership won’t be one-sided, ...

This is particularly important given the relatively high incidence of gender-based violence reported in Timor-Leste. The project team will ensure that relevant civil society organisations and other ...

Timor-Leste has recorded 173 crocodile attacks on humans — 78 of them fatal. That's a 23-fold increase since the island nation gained independence from Indonesia in 2002, marking a record high.

With 42 percent of Timor-Leste’s population living below the poverty line, some question the $12 million price tag of the papal visit. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres – who ...