Myanmar to open Death Railway museum by April

Myanmar will open a museum at its end of the World War II-era Death Railway by April next year, according to state media.

More than 16,000 prisoners of war died during the construction of the railway, built by the Japanese to connect the country – then under their rule – to Thailand.

Photos of their ordeal will be on show alongside paintings, sculptures and an original coal fired C00522 that was used on the tracks.

There’s already a cemetery at the site, in Mon State’s Thanbyuzayat Township, but local developer Tala Mon started work on the museum in April last year.  

The four-acre project also includes a hotel, restaurant and other tourist facilities.

Artists employed by the firm are now putting final touches on silicon statues of the prisoners and their captors, according to the Global New Light of Myanmar.

Remnants of the tracks on the Thai side of the border are already popular with international tourists.

Here’s hoping for a tasteful tribute…

Photo / Global New Light of Myanmar

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