Myanmar revives 'Death Railway'
Updated On Apr 25, 2013 05:43 PM IST
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Updated on Apr 25, 2013 05:43 PM IST
Foreign tourists look at a tourist train as it crosses a railway bridge over the river Kwai built during World War II in Kanchanaburi province. An elegant cemetery in strife-torn southeast Myanmar has long stood as a lonely testament to the fate of thousands of prisoners of war who died builting Japan's "Death Railway". (AFP)
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Updated on Apr 25, 2013 05:43 PM IST
Foreign tourists walk on a railway bridge over river Kwai built during World War II in Kanchanaburi province. An elegant cemetery in strife-torn southeast Myanmar has long stood as a lonely testament to the fate of thousands of prisoners of war who died building Japan's "Death Railway". (AFP)
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Updated on Apr 25, 2013 05:43 PM IST
Foreign tourists walk on a railway bridge over river Kwai built during World War II in Kanchanaburi province. An elegant cemetery in strife-torn southeast Myanmar has long stood as a lonely testament to the fate of thousands of prisoners of war who died building Japan's "Death Railway". (AFP)
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Updated on Apr 25, 2013 05:43 PM IST
Workers fix the tracks on a new railway near Thanbyuzayat, in Myanmar's eastern Mon state. Weeds have swallowed much of the old railway track and a modest cemetery is a lonely testament to the thousands of prisoners of war and Asian workers forced to built the "Death Railway". But Myanmar's plan to reinvigorate the railway aims to transform the area. (AFP)
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Updated on Apr 25, 2013 05:43 PM IST
A locomotive sits on the last remaining portion of the "Death Railway" near Thanbyuzayat, in Myanmar's eastern Mon state. Weeds have swallowed much of the old railway track and a modest cemetery is a lonely testament to the thousands of prisoners of war and Asian workers forced to built the "Death Railway". But Myanmar's plan to reinvigorate the railway aims to transform the area. (AFP)
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Updated on Apr 25, 2013 05:43 PM IST
A guard shows the guest book at the war cemetery in Thanbyuzayat, in Myanmar's eastern Mon state. Weeds have swallowed much of the old railway track and a modest cemetery is a lonely testament to the thousands of prisoners of war and Asian workers forced to built the "Death Railway". But Myanmar's plan to reinvigorate the railway aims to transform the area. (AFP)
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Updated on Apr 25, 2013 05:43 PM IST
Girls walk past a gate of the war cemetery in Thanbyuzayat, in Myanmar's eastern Mon state. Weeds have swallowed much of the old railway track and a modest cemetery is a lonely testament to the thousands of prisoners of war and Asian workers forced to built the "Death Railway". But Myanmar's plan to reinvigorate the railway aims to transform the area. (AFP)
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Updated on Apr 25, 2013 05:43 PM IST
A labourer watering the lawn at the war cemetery in Thanbyuzayat, in Myanmar's eastern Mon state. Weeds have swallowed much of the old railway track and a modest cemetery is a lonely testament to the thousands of prisoners of war and Asian workers forced to built the "Death Railway". But Myanmar's plan to reinvigorate the railway aims to transform the area. (AFP)
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Updated on Apr 25, 2013 05:43 PM IST
A labourer doing some maintenance work at the war cemetery in Thanbyuzayat, in Myanmar's eastern Mon state. Weeds have swallowed much of the old railway track and a modest cemetery is a lonely testament to the thousands of prisoners of war and Asian workers forced to built the "Death Railway". But Myanmar's plan to reinvigorate the railway aims to transform the area. (AFP)
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Updated on Apr 25, 2013 05:43 PM IST