Open this photo in gallery: Demonstrators protest against the military coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Yangon, Myanmar, on Feb. 6, 2021.STRINGER/Reuters In the early hours of February 1, 2021, Myanmar’s military seized control of the country , jailing civilian leaders, including de facto head of state Aung San Suu Kyi, and declaring a nationwide state of emergency. While the coup took much of the world by surprise, inside the Canadian embassy in Yangon, diplomats had been bracing for some kind of dramatic action, as tensions built following a November, 2020, election in...