'It was time': Thai man who kept wife's body at home for 21 years comes to terms with her death

On the Saturday of the cremation, Charn was visibly emotional throughout the ceremony and said his grief was no less than 21 years ago. - The Straits Times/ANN

BANGKOK, May 15 (The Straits Times/ANN): Some regard it as a love story for the ages, while others may be taken aback by the morbid nature of this affair.

Former army medic Charn Janwatchakal, 73, had for 21 years lived with his late wife's body as he could not bear to cremate her after she died of illness in 2001.