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 ...

PETALING JAYA: A new registration exercise begins today for Death Railway survivors and next-of-kin by Persatuan Kebajikan Bekas dan Warisan Buruh Binaan Landasan Keretapi Siam-Burma: 1942-1946.

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 ...