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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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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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Kawthoolei Army (Burmese: ကော်သူးလေ တပ်မတော်; abbr. KTLA) is a
militant and
separatist group in Myanmar,
split from
Karen National Union. In April...
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riots flared in Mawlamyine, Mon
State in
August 1983,
refugees formed the
Kawthoolei Muslim Liberation Front.
According to CIA reports, the
SLORC military...
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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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declared the
state of
Kawthoolei on 20 May 1949 and
reorganized the
military forces under their control called the
Kawthoolei Armed Forces. The KNDOs...
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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...
- 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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Karen nationalists have been
fighting for an
independent state,
known as
Kawthoolei,
since 1949. The
Karen National Union (KNU) and its
Karen National Liberation...
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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...
