Long stand of a defiant diplomat

Moe Tun, sitting in his townhouse, has refused to recognise his country’s military-staged coup of 2021, or step down from his position. (Below) He has ordered the flag of Myanmar to be kept at half-mast to protest the coup. — Dave Sanders for The New York Times

HALF a block from Central Park, on East 77th Street, New York, the fault lines of a faraway conflict run through a sandstone townhouse.

The top two floors of the five-storey structure are occupied by officials who answer to Myanmar’s military-backed government.