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Tension Grows Following Military’s Coup Talk Tension Grows Following Military’s Coup Talk Commander-in-chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing addresses senior officer trainees of the National Defense College via videoconference on Jan. 27, 2021. / Military Information Team 10.0k By The Irrawaddy 28 January 2021 Tensions are rising in Myanmar after military spokesman Major General Zaw Min Tun hinted at the possibility of a coup, should the military’s claims of electoral fraud go unaddressed. Particular attention has been paid to his comment on Tuesday that “The military will abide by e...

China and India hold 20th WMCC meeting on border affairs China and India hold the 20th meeting of Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination Mechanism on Border Affairs on December 18, 2020. BEIJING, Dec. 21 -- On December 18, 2020, Director-General of the Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hong Liang and Joint Secretary of the East Asia Division of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs Naveen Srivastava co-chaired the 20th meeting of Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination (WMCC) on border affairs. Representatives from b...

India, China resume diplomatic talks over Ladakh disengagement What to watch next Replay Video India and China have resumed diplomatic dialogue on Friday, December 18, after a gap of nearly 11 weeks to resolve the ongoing border standoff in the Ladakh sector.  Diplomats from both sides are holding a virtual meeting under the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on Border Affairs (WMCC) where they are likely to discuss disengagement of troops, thousands of whom have dug in on either side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in sub-zero conditions. The last WMCC meeting was hel...

KNU Official Carrying Arms in Mixed Control Areas Gets Complaint from Govt State Border Affair A member of the Karen State government has objected to a Karen National Union official totting guns in an area of “dual administration”. The KNU signed the nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA) in 2015, which as they were recently reminded, restricts them from carrying guns in areas not under their control. The Kayin State Minister of Security and Border Affairs sent a letter of rebuke to the KNU Central Liaison Office on May 10. He said the KNU Hlaingbwe township’s secretary P’doh Saw Eh Hte...

Residents in texas who have a view of what life along the border is like don't think so. joining me now, jason book who covered border affairs. welcome to you. i know you wrote an article about this topic. why do residents think a border wall is unrealistic? what are some of the reasons? >> well, for one thing, there's already several hundred miles of existing border fencing that's been put in. we talked to people who had mixed reviews about how effective that has been. then in texas, we have really wide swaths of very remote border along the rio grande river that a lot of people said it would...