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The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA; Burmese: တိုးတက်သော ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ ကရင်အမျိုးသား တပ်ဖွဲ့) was an insurgent group of Buddhist soldiers and officers in Myanmar that split from the predominantly Christian-led Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), one of the largest rebel factions in Myanmar.
Around this time the Karen National Liberation Council was formed as a new emergency administration by the KNU, which then founded the Karen National Liberation Army. [8] In 1970, the KNLA was reorganized into 7 brigades and additional special battalions under the personal command of Bo Mya. These units combined KNLA soldiers with local KNDO ...
The Karen National Union (Burmese: ကရင် အမျိုးသား အစည်းအရုံး; abbreviated KNU) is a political organisation with an armed wing, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), that claims to represent the Karen people of Myanmar.
In the 1960s the Karen leadership changed its approach to the war, withdrawing more from the Irrawaddy delta. The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) was founded during this time and, was reorganized in 1970 into 7 brigades. These brigades combined KNLA soldiers with local township KNDO militias within each brigade territory, quickly growing ...
The DKBA-5 split from the original Democratic Karen Buddhist Army in 2010 and is loosely affiliated with the Karen National Union. They have also worked with the Arakan Army. [10] During the 2010 general election, the DKBA-5 attacked government troops and security forces in Myawaddy Township, Kayin State. [6]
The Karen-led army helped to suppress the communist rebellion throughout 1948 and thus supported the government. In May 1948 AFPFL made a concession to the communist rebels and allowed them participate in national politics. Karen leaders, mostly anti-communist, interpreted this as proof that it was impossible for Karen to live under that ...
Kawmoora (S'gaw Karen: ကီၢ်မူရၤ; Burmese: ကော့မူးရာ) was a stronghold of the rebel Karen National Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Karen National Union. It was located on a large sandbank linked to Myanmar through a narrow strip of land fortified by a 50-metre (160 ft)-long border wall.
Since 1957, [1] the Karenni Army has been fighting government forces in an attempt to create an independent Karenni state, apart from a brief ceasefire in 1995. [9] The KNPP have also fought left-wing groups such as the Kayan New Land Party (KNLP), and the Karenni National People's Liberation Front (KNPLF), both of which are now allied with the ...