- A submerged World War II “Death Railway” station (Nithe) has reappeared at Thailand’s Vajiralongkorn Dam during maintenance, visible for the first time in over 40 years.
- Researchers and relatives of POWs are racing to document the site before the reservoir is refilled and the rainy season returns.
- The railway’s grim history — thousands of deaths — still resonates today, with active train sections and memorial sites like Hellfire Pass drawing visitors and descendants.
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