Apr 7, 2009 (DVB), Government military troops and fighters from a pro-junta ceasefire army attacked and captured an outpost close to a strategically important base of a prominent rebel group last week. Burmese military personnel and troops from the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army launched a raid on a base belonging to the Karen National Liberation …
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Waiting in silence: life in a border refugee camp
Rosalie SmithMar 17, 2009 (DVB), Although being in Nu Pho camp feels like being in any little village peppered with bamboo huts, no one I spoke to there seemed to feel safe. "The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army is just too close", says Kohw, an Arakan monk who has lived in Nu Pho for over a …
Karen troops storm rival group's camp near Thailand
Nov 13, 2008 (DVB)-Karen National Liberation Army captured a Democratic Karen Buddhist Army outpost in southeast Burma early this month, according to a spokesman of KNLA’s political wing, the Karen National Union. Phado Saw Hla Ngwe, secretary-1 of the KNU said KNLA troops stormed a DKBA outpost near Karen state capital Pa-an on 5 November. …
KNU holds its 14th congress
Oct 20, 2008 (DVB), The Karen National Union has completed its 14th congress, which was held on KNU-controlled territory from 6 October and attended by top leaders of the KNU and its military wing, the Karen National Liberation Army. An official from the KNU's military headquarters said that a new chair, deputy chair and secretary …
KNU commemorates Martyrs' Day
Aug 13, 2008 (DVB), The Karen National Union pledged to continue its struggle at a ceremony to mark the 58th annual Karen Martyrs’ Day, which was held yesterday on KNU brigade 7 territory. The ceremony started with a military parade by 150 Karen National Liberation Army soldiers and brigade 7 provincial chairman Pada Ahto read …
Three killed in recent KNLA clashes with regime troops
Jul 3, 2008 (DVB), The two-day offensive by Burmese government troops and the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army on Karen National Liberation Army-controlled territory ended in three deaths on the regime side. Karen National Union information department coordinator major Saw Hla Ngwe said one DKBA soldier and two from the SPDC army were killed when they …