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Kawthoolei (S'gaw Karen: ကီၢ်သူလ့ၤ, lit. 'land
without darkness'; Burmese: ကော့သူးလေ or ကော်သူးလေ) is the
endonym for a
proposed state that the Karen...
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Kawthoolei Army (Burmese: ကော်သူးလေတပ်မတော်; abbr. KTLA) is a
militant and
separatist group in Myanmar,
split from
Karen National Union. In
April 2023...
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Kawthoolei Armed Forces (Burmese: ကော့သူးလေတပ်မတော်; abbr. KAF) is an
ethnic Karen rebel alliance.
During the
leadup to Burma's
independence from Britain...
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Defense Force (including
rogue elements of the KNU/KNLA
Peace Council and
Kawthoolei Army
splinter group) on the city of Shwe Kokko. Shwe Kokko, a town in...
- the
investigation and
instead formed a
splinter group, the
Kawthoolei Army. The
Kawthoolei Army has
since banded with two
resistance units, the Venom...
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original aim of the KNU was to
create an
independent Karen homeland called Kawthoolei, but
since 1976 they have
shifted towards calling for a
federal system...
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camouflage uniforms like
those from Thai forces. KNLA
operates 7
brigades in
Kawthoolei areas. Each
brigade has
several battalions, as
shown below. 1st brigade...
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declared the
state of
Kawthoolei on 20 May 1949 and
reorganized the
military forces under their control called the
Kawthoolei Armed Forces. The KNDOs...
- Size 7,000+
Allies State allies State Administration Council Opponents Kawthoolei Army
Karen National Liberation Army
Battles and wars
Internal conflict...
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whose capital shifted to Pegu. In addition,
Karen State was
renamed Kawthoolei State. In 1972, the
Hanthawaddy and
Hmawbi districts were
moved under...
