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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 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.
The Karen National Union (KNU) and its Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) are the most prominent Karen rebel groups. [12] Hundreds of thousands of civilians have been displaced by the conflict, many of whom fled to neighbouring Thailand and survive in refugee camps.
People's Defence Force (PDF) Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) Chin National Front (CNF) Chin Brotherhood Alliance (CBA) Karen National Union (KNU) Karenni Rebels (KNDF, KA, KNPLF) Under control of Three Brotherhoood Alliance (3BA) Arakan Army (AA) Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA)
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.
The division failed, with the Karenni fighting alongside the other Karen peoples against the Myanmar dictatorship. Their military organisation, the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), had 20 000 members by the 1980s. However, the political branch of the KNLA, the Karen National Union (KNU), sought to resolve the conflict through political means.
Karen National Liberation Army; Karenni National People's Liberation Front (from 1978) Karenni National Progressive Party. Karenni Army; Mong Tai Army (from 1985) National Socialist Council of Nagaland (from 1980) New Mon State Party. Mon National Liberation Army; Pa-O National Organisation. Pa-O National Army; Rohingya Liberation Party (1972 ...
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 ...