As more ASEAN member states engage Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing, analysts say the growing contact is raising questions about the bloc's unity and the future of the Five-Point Consensus.

The Trump administration has begun direct talks with Myanmar’s military-installed government, according to US officials and others familiar with ⁠the outreach, ⁠in a sharp reversal of Washington’s efforts to isolate the country’s generals after ⁠the 2021 coup.

The outreach, which marks a significant shift in U.S. policy, is aimed at curbing online scamming operations and gaining access to the country’s rare earth deposits.

The Trump administration has opened direct discussions with Myanmar’s military-backed government, reversing years of American diplomatic isolation following the country’s 2021 military coup. The talks involve efforts to combat international fraud operations targeting Americans and the possibility of future economic cooperation involving strategically important minerals,

Min Aung Hlaing is making his first visit to Malaysia since the 2021 coup as Kuala Lumpur pushes ahead with plans to return thousands of Myanmar migrants.

More than two-thirds of the population of Myanmar is either living in poverty or at risk of falling into it, according to a United Nations report

Years after a coup, the military is increasingly using motorized paragliders and gyrocopters to bomb towns and villages in rebel-held territory.

Myanmar leader Min Aung Hlaing in Malaysia for a two-day visit, his first since he became president in April.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 6 (Reuters) - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday that around 10,000 Myanmar nationals have been sent back to their country since January, part of efforts to repatriate refugees who fled a civil war.