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The Business Times | 17 October 2025 — Folklore tells of a boy who saved a stranded crocodile. In return, the creature carried him towards the rising sun, fulfilling his dream of seeing the world. It later promised the boy a forever home, transforming into an island named Timor.
History tells a bleaker origin story.
Fierce contestation between colonial powers in the 17th century split the isle into two: A western half ruled by the Dutch before becoming part of Indonesia; and the eastern half controlled by the Portuguese, until their sudden exit left a vacuum swiftly filled by Indonesia’s annexation. After a brutal quarter-century of occupation, the east won independence…
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