Timor

1 May 2011

If You Leave Us Here, We Will Die
by Geoffrey Robinson
Princeton, HK$230

9:02AM

9 Apr 2007

Presidential elections in East Timor today should go a way to bridging simmering ethnic and political divisions but are not in themselves a solution to the country's numerous challenges. These can...

1:10AM

In Timor's dreams

6 Apr 2007

The formula East Timor's leaders have for dragging their nation from poverty looks straightforward enough: use the revenues from the country's oil and gas reserves to create a vibrant economy.

12:54AM

On the cutting edges

29 Mar 2007

In Tetum, the native tongue of East Timor, the word lianain means storyteller.

11:43PM

Helping in the hour of need

10 Jun 2006

A PORTUGUESE gendarmerie force was welcomed last Sunday by crowds in East Timor after arriving to help with international peacekeeping efforts.

8:03PM

Asia must play role in East Timor's future

6 Jun 2006

East Timor is in an isolated part of Asia, but that is no reason for the region to forget that the young nation exists.

7:41PM

Opinion

Alex Lo

Chen Guangcheng misled by his new right-wing 'friends'

1:26AM

Tom Holland

The yuan hasn't overtaken the HK$ quite yet, Mr Chan

4:40AM

Help for East Timor must be long lasting

East Timor is on the verge of civil war and only foreign help will prevent the young nation from falling apart.

6:49PM

East Timor faces the healing power of truth

A Truth and Friendship Commission that begins its work this week may be the closest thing to justice that East Timorese victims of Indonesian military-led violence will ever get.

8:48PM

Tough warning to newest nation

A report on the future of East Timor by the World Bank has painted a bleak picture of a nation in danger of imploding as it copes with the twin pressures of poverty and corruption.

6:40PM

Veterans angry over 'bullying' of East Timor

The government was accused of bullying East Timor and demanding too great a share of contested oil and gas yesterday in a series of television commercials featuring second world war veterans who...

3:54PM

Australia bars the way to East Timor's future

Oil wealth was always expected to play an important role in rebuilding East Timor after independence.

11:01AM

More than a matter of boundaries

If rhetoric is a guide, Australia has descended from the rank of best friend to big bully in its dealings with East Timor. The immediate issue is where to fix a permanent boundary in the Timor...

2:51AM