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Preservationists worry economic growth may endanger Myanmar’s historic buildings

Because of Myanmar’s economic stagnation over the past decades, very little development has taken place — which has allowed the country’s historic colonial buildings to endure. But as the country loosens up, some preservationists are worried it may lead to destruction of relatively rundown, but still historic, buildings.

Economic Growth Could Imperil Yangon’s Colonial-Era Buildings

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