The remains of 106 Tamil laborers who toiled on the Thailand-Burma Railway under Japanese occupation have been cremated in a ...

Since taking office in 2023, the Pheu Thai-led government has promised to speed up the completion of the railway project, which chimes with its goals of attracting more trade and tourism from ...

Buddhist monks will chant prayers during cremations, while the ashes undergo a special burial ceremony in a ... to build the 415 km railway between Thailand and Burma (now Myanmar), are largely ...