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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 KNA was formed as the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) in December 1994 after the insurgent group split off of the Karen National Liberation Army. Shortly after, the DKBA signed a ceasefire agreement with the Myanmar Army, officially joining the army as the Karen Border Guard Force (Karen BGF) alongside the Karen Peace Force in 2009. [1]
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 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.
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The occupation of Myawaddy town by the Karen National Liberation Army, the armed wing of the Karen National Union, or KNU, appeared imminent as the guerrillas seized or besieged strategic army ...
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.