And so it was decided that a railway connecting Thailand and Burma would be constructed through ... the former Dutch East Indies colony of Java (now Indonesia). He had spent his early years ...

Officially called the Burma Railway, this 415-kilometer track was built by the Japanese during World War II to connect Thailand and Burma (now Myanmar). Today, it is a popular yet reflective ...

Even as a young man, Jack Jennings was something of an expert on wood. He knew his oak from his ash, and his elm from his beech. Since leaving school at 14 he had worked with wood, first on the ...

The Death Railway line from Ban Pong in Siam (Thailand) to Ye in Burma (Myanmar) was built over 76 years ago by Prisoners of War (PoW) and slave labourers. Besides the Tamils, Chinese and Malays ...

When Myanmar railway switch operator Ko Thet, 34, and his family were evicted on March 22 from the home they had lived in for generations, they did not have time to pack much. The family of six ...

State railway workers were among the earliest organized ... DVB, Khit Thit Media, Myanmar Now and 7Day News--had been canceled. All five had been offering extensive coverage of the protests.

The Thai-Burma Railway cut through thick jungles ... and hand them over to the Allies," Karwacki told DW. Efforts are now being made to formally acknowledge their contributions.