Active 1947 (1947)–present | ||
Ideology Karen nationalismFederalism Area of operations Kayah StateKayin State Allies Karen National Liberation Army DKBA-5Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (until 2010) | ||
The Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) is one of two military branches of the Karen National Union (KNU), the second of which being the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA). The original KNDO fought against the government of Myanmar from 1947 until 1949 as the armed wing of the KNU, until the KNLA was made the official armed wing.
The KNDO had closely followed the peace process instigated by the government, starting with the call for nationwide ceasefire by the Ethnic Armed Resistance Organizations (EARO) in 2011. On 11 October 2015, the KNDO released a statement on the recent ceasefire agreements.
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