Kuala Lumpur: From a Tin Mining Town to an International Metropolis
This article has been updated and moved. Click here to go to the latest version: https://www.dwiely.com/the-evolution-of-southeast-asian-megacities-from-colonial-outposts-to-global-metropolises/ Kuala Lumpur, now a thriving cosmopolitan city, was once a tin-mining wasteland. As Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur is not only the country’s political, cultural, and economic center, but also one of Southeast Asia’s most…