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Myanmar Government Blocks Project near Sacred Pagoda

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Jul 09, 2015
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In a sharp turnaround, the Myanmar government has blocked a plan already underway by international developers to redevelop 22 acres of former military land near Yangon’s spectacular Shwedagon Pagoda, one of Buddhism’s most sacred structures and Myanmar’s most revered temple, into a mixed-use residential-shopping complex.

Although Yangon has a relatively …

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