Kanchanaburi Province is located in western Thailand, bordering Myanmar. During World War II, more than 60,000 Allied prisoners of war and over 300,000 Southeast Asian laborers were forcibly conscripted by Japanese invaders to build the approximately 415-kilometer-long Thai-Burma Railway.
Under coercion from the Japanese army, coupled with a lack of supplies and harsh conditions, over 100,000 people lost their lives during construction, earning the railway the name ‘Death Railway’.The Bridge over the River Kwai is the most famous section of the ‘Death Railway’. After World War II, Thailand developed it into a commemorative site, which to this day continues to showcase to visitors from around the world the countless crimes committed by the Japanese invaders. (Photo: Xinhua News Agency)
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