timor leste



STORY OF THE DAY • Jun 06, 2017 • 9 min read

Football fraud Pitch invaders

By Jack Kerr and Dene Mullen • Jun 06, 2017
With Timor-Leste recently found guilty of illegally importing talented South American players to improve their national football team, Southeast Asia Globe investigates the fake passport epidemic sweeping the region

STORY OF THE DAY • May 20, 2016 • 11 min read

Timor Leste Infighting without an end

By David Hutt • May 20, 2016
Despite optimism following a governmental shift that promised an end to political instability, recent events suggest the old ways live on in Timor-Leste

STORY OF THE DAY • Dec 30, 2015 • 9 min read

Timor Leste The battle for the past

By David Hutt • Dec 30, 2015
In 1975, Indonesian forces invaded Timor-Leste, heralding an occupation that lasted 24 years and claimed the lives of up to a third of the population. Forty years later, another clash is underway: an internal “history war” over the official narrative of the country’s turbulent past

Sep 23, 2015 • 7 min read
Travel

Dili delights

One doesn’t need to leave the capital of Timor-Leste to find a bucolic paradise where world-class beaches and historical sites vie for visitors’ attention in one of the region’s best-kept travel secrets
By David Hutt • Sep 23, 2015

Aug 14, 2015 • 7 min read
Timor-Leste

Blood and feathers

In Timor-Leste, young men used to prove their worth by decapitating members of rival tribes. Now they do battle via the country’s cockfighting pits. Southeast Asia Globe delves into a world of masculinity, spiralling debt and martial arts gangs
By David Hutt • Aug 14, 2015

Jun 25, 2015 • 9 min read
Community Law

Tara bandu: homegrown justice

A centuries-old form of community law and order known as tara bandu could hold the key to overcoming many of the difficulties in modern-day Timor-Leste
By David Hutt • Jun 25, 2015

Jun 11, 2015 • 16 min read
Timor-Leste

Out of the black

Revenues from oil and gas supplies have been essential for an independent Timor-Leste, but with concerns they may run out within two decades, the pressure is on to prepare for a time without ‘black gold’
By David Hutt • Jun 11, 2015