Paddy was an Irishman in the Australian Army who fought against the Japanese in Timor during World War 2. After the war he ...

It was February 25, 1942, two and a half months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and the U.S. Navy had given the island’s ...

BEIJING -- China will hold a gathering around Oct 25 to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Taiwan's recovery from Japanese occupation, a senior official said Tuesday, adding that overseas Chinese ...

Timor-Leste’s Vice-Minister for Asean Affairs Milena Rangel reflected on the country’s long road to get to where it is today. “We are coming from a country that was completely destroyed.

He survived, barely. Soon after, the family fled across the border to Atambua town in Indonesia. It was a terrifying chapter in the final days of Indonesia’s 24-year occupation of Timor-Leste.

Dili (East Timor), May 24, 2025 (SPS) – In a statement to the Sahrawi Press Agency (SPS) on Saturday, Mr. Abba Malainin, Ambassador of the Sahrawi Republic to East Timor, affirmed that the Pacific ...

For those unfamiliar with this remarkable nation, Timor-Leste represents an inspiring story of resilience, a unique cultural heritage, and a strengthening relationship with Thailand. Located in ...

The Portuguese established colonial rule in the 17th century that lasted until 1975, with a brief interruption during Japanese occupation in World War II. Following Portugal's withdrawal, Indonesia's ...

THE Ayala Museum, with the Filipinas Heritage Library (FHL), hosted the second session of the Roderick Hall Memorial Lectures on Friday, featuring the theme 'Philippine Music During the Japanese ...

5. Japanese Occupation (1942) In 1942, Japan occupied Indonesia after the Netherlands surrendered through the Kalijati Agreement. Although the Japanese occupation was relatively short-lived -- between ...

Break-ins and breaking news: the Timorese fence-jumpers of Jakarta Between 1986 and 1997 hundreds of members of the clandestine Timorese independence movement broke into foreign embassies in Jakarta.

Population loss in Portuguese Timor during WW2 revisited A new archival find suggests that perhaps 100,000 Timorese—almost a fifth of the occupation—may have died under Japanese occupation. If ...