DILI - COFFEE trees loom over a village in the hills above Dili, the capital of Timor-Leste. Though their fruit has provided income for decades, Alarico Soares De Cruz, the local headman, says the pickings are gradually growing slimmer. Some of the trees are 40 years old, he explains, and…

CANBERRA - Timor-Leste's decision to rip up a treaty with Australia on the carve up of future revenue from Greater Sunrise oil and gas reserve in the Timor Sea could make it an "architect of its own demise", experts have told a parliamentary inquiry.

DILI - The government rhetoric – at least most of it – is relayed in earnest. Timor-Leste’s rich underwater marine life is to be nurtured, they keep saying; the tourists it will attract an integral part in much-needed diversification of the half island’s fragile economy. As too is maintaining a…

Brisbane, Australia – Timor-Leste and Fiji based investors have purchased troubled sports apparel brand BLK from receivers.