Konkoita (Japanese: コンコイタ, originally from Karen; approximated in Thai as Kaeng Khoi Tha แก่งคอยท่า[1] or เกริงกวยทะ RTGS: Kroeng Kuai Tha[2]) is a former prisoner of war camp in the Sangkhla Buri District of the Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand.
In 1939, plans had been developed by the Empire of Japan to construct a rail road connecting Thailand with Burma.
A copper spike was driven at the meeting point by commanding General Eiguma Ishida,[9] and a memorial plaque was revealed.
The money was used to compensate neighbouring countries and colonies for material stolen by Japan during the construction of the railway.
[13] On 1 February 1947, two people including Momluang Kri Dechatiwong [th], the Minister of Transport, were killed on an inspection tour 500 metres before Konkoita station.
[8] A hospital built in 1963 in Sangklaburi was rebuilt in Huay Malai where it served two refugee camps along the Myanmar border in the 2010s.