And so it was decided that a railway connecting Thailand and Burma would be constructed through dense tropical jungle over hilly terrain with hundreds of rivers, including the Kwae Noi River ...

A new book highlights the role that the country's rail network has played in the making – and unmaking – of a conflict-torn country. Commerce may be booming, but the pace of transport ...

BANGKOK: The Cabinet on Tuesday (Feb 4) approved the 341.35-billion-baht second phase of the Thai-Chinese high-speed train ...

Even as a young man, Jack Jennings was something of an expert on wood. He knew his oak from his ash, and his elm from his beech. Since leaving school at 14 he had worked with wood, first on the ...

Japan is withdrawing its official development assistance (ODA) for a key railway project in Myanmar that has stood as a symbol of cooperation between the two countries for the past 10 years. The ...

A veteran believed to be the last surviving Allied prisoner forced to work on the infamous Burma Death Railway has died aged 104. Jack Jennings survived the brutal forced labour on the railway ...

On Chinese social media, there is a growing call for a thorough crackdown on telecom fraud. What are the challenges in ...