The real story of what came to be known as the Burma Death Railway is far grislier than any movie could make it, and the ways that the prisoners who built it managed to stay alive is a fascinating ...

Bert, of Bitterne, was a prisoner-of-war for three and a half years during the Second World War — spending 18 months ...

The earthquake death toll in Myanmar is rising fast as rescue and recovery efforts are hampered by badly damaged ...

They would spend three and a half years of hard labour building the Burma Railway, which became known as the "death railway" due to the loss of life suffered. It will be the first time a new roll ...

Startled residents were evacuated down staircases of high-rise condominiums and hotels in Bangkok. In Myanmar's Naypyitaw, ...