Marionettists put on a show in the ancient city of Bagan, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar, in 2014. The UN special reporter for Myanmar warns that mass deaths from starvation, disease and exposure could occur in Kayah State after many of the 100,000 forced to flee into forests from junta bombs are now cut off from food, water and medicine by the junta that took over the government on Feb. 1.

First published in the June 09, 2021, 10:57 p.m. edition

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