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Karen National Army, the Glossary

The Karen National Army, (ကရင်အမျိုးသားတပ်မတော်.; abbreviated KNA) formerly the Karen Border Guard Force (Karen BGF), is a primarily Karen Buddhist ethnic army active in Kayin State, Myanmar, which split off from the Myanmar Army in January 2024.^[1]

24 relations: Abbreviation, Al Jazeera English, Border Guard Forces, Buddhism, Colonel, Democratic Karen Buddhist Army, Frontier Myanmar, Insurgency, Karen conflict, Karen National Liberation Army, Karen people, Kawthoolei Army, Kayin State, Myanmar, Myanmar Army, Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar conflict, Operation 1027, Saw Chit Thu, Shwe Kokko, Siege of Myawaddy, State Administration Council, Thai–Myanmar Friendship Bridge, United States Institute of Peace.
Karen history

Abbreviation

An abbreviation (from Latin, meaning "short") is a shortened form of a word or phrase, by any method including shortening, contraction, initialism (which includes acronym) or crasis.

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Al Jazeera English

Al Jazeera English (AJE; lit) is a 24-hour English-language news channel operating under Al Jazeera Media Network, which is partially funded by the government of Qatar.

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Border Guard Forces

Border Guard Forces (နယ်ခြားစောင့်တပ်; abbreviated BGF) are subdivisions of the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces) consisting of former insurgent groups in Myanmar under the instruction of Regional Military Commands.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Colonel

Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries.

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Democratic Karen Buddhist Army

The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA; 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. Karen National Army and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army are ethnic armed organisations in Myanmar and Karen history.

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Frontier Myanmar

Frontier Myanmar (ဖရန်တီးယားမြန်မာ) is a news and business magazine published in Yangon, Myanmar, owned by Black Knight Media Co.

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Insurgency

An insurgency is a violent, armed rebellion by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare against a larger authority.

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Karen conflict

The Karen conflict is an armed conflict in Kayin State, Myanmar (formerly known as Karen State, Burma). Karen National Army and Karen conflict are Karen history.

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Karen National Liberation Army

The Karen National Liberation Army (ကရင်အမျိုးသား လွတ်မြောက်ရေးတပ်မတော်; abbreviated KNLA) is the military branch of the Karen National Union (KNU), which campaigns for the self-determination of the Karen people of Myanmar (formerly Burma). Karen National Army and Karen National Liberation Army are ethnic armed organisations in Myanmar and Karen history.

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Karen people

The Karen, also known as the Kayin, Kariang or Kawthoolese, are an ethnolinguistic group of Tibeto-Burman language-speaking people.

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Kawthoolei Army

The Kawthoolei Army (ကော်သူးလေတပ်မတော်; abbr. KTLA) is a militant and separatist group in Myanmar, splited from Karen National Union. Karen National Army and Kawthoolei Army are ethnic armed organisations in Myanmar and Karen history.

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Kayin State

Kayin State (ကရင်ပြည်နယ်,; italics; ကညီကီၢ်စဲၣ်), formerly known as Karen State, is a state of Myanmar.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.

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Myanmar Army

The Myanmar Army (တပ်မတော်(ကြည်း)) is the largest branch of the Armed Forces (''Tatmadaw'') of Myanmar (formerly Burma) and has the primary responsibility of conducting land-based military operations.

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Myanmar civil war (2021–present)

The Myanmar civil war, also called the Burmese Spring Revolution, Burmese civil war or People's Defensive War, is an ongoing civil war following Myanmar's long-running insurgencies, which escalated significantly in response to the 2021 military coup d'état and the subsequent violent crackdown on anti-coup protests.

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Myanmar conflict

Insurgencies have been ongoing in Myanmar since 1948, when the country, then known as Burma, gained independence from the United Kingdom.

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Operation 1027

Operation 1027 (MY) is an ongoing military offensive conducted by the Three Brotherhood Alliance, a military coalition composed of three ethnic armed organisations in Myanmar: the Arakan Army (AA), Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), and Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), allied with other rebel forces in the country, against the Tatmadaw, Myanmar's ruling military junta.

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Saw Chit Thu

Colonel Saw Chit Thu (စောချစ်သူ) is a Karen soldier and businessperson, sometimes identified as a warlord, who has held a leading position in armed groups in Karen State, Myanmar, including the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), the Border Guard Forces (BGF) and the Karen National Army (KNA).

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Shwe Kokko

Shwe Kokko Myaing (ရွှေကုက္ကိုမြိုင်), commonly known as Shwe Kokko (ရွှေကုက္ကို), is a town in Myawaddy Township, Myawaddy District in the Kayin State of south-east Myanmar.

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Siege of Myawaddy

The Siege of Myawaddy was a significant military engagement that occurred in early 2024, during the ongoing conflict in Myanmar.

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State Administration Council

The State Administration Council (နိုင်ငံတော်စီမံအုပ်ချုပ်ရေးကောင်စီ; abbreviated SAC or နစက) is the military junta currently governing Myanmar, established by Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Min Aung Hlaing following the February 2021 coup d'état and the declaration of a state of emergency by the National Defence and Security Council.

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Thai–Myanmar Friendship Bridge

The Thai–Myanmar Friendship Bridge is a bridge over the Moei river, which connects the city of Mae Sot in Tak Province in Thailand with the city of Myawaddy in Kayin State in Myanmar.

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United States Institute of Peace

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) is an American federal institution tasked with promoting conflict resolution and prevention worldwide.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_National_Army