Karen at River Kwai

Kanchanaburi

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May 25th 2009
Having watched the film “Bridge over the River Kwai” which tells of the hardship endured by Allied soldiers interned in a POW camp by the Japanese at Kanchananburi, we were keen to go there to learn more. In 1942, 60,000 Allied POWs were shipped here to construct a new Thailand-Burma Railway. Appalling conditions and Japanese brutality resulted in the death of 16,000 POWs and 100,000 Asian lab ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more