Abel Tweed[1] Khu Oo Reh Aung San Myint Shwe Myo Thant
Dates of operation
1957 (1957)[1] – present
Headquarters
Nya Moe, Shadaw Township, Kayah State[2]
Active regions
Kayah State Myanmar-Thailand border
Ideology
Karenni nationalism
Size
8,000[3]
Part of
Karenni National Progressive Party
Allies
4K Coalition:[4][5]
Karen National Liberation Army
Karenni National People's Liberation Front
Karenni Nationalities Defence Force
Other Allies:
Bamar People's Liberation Army
Chin National Army[6]
People's Defence Force
Local PDFs
Opponents
State opponents:
Myanmar
Tatmadaw
Myanmar Police Force
Union of Myanmar (until 2011)
Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (until 1988)
Union of Burma (until 1962)
Non-state opponents:
Karenni National People's Liberation Front (until 2023)
Battles and wars
Internal conflict in Myanmar
Myanmar civil war (2021–present)
Battle of Loikaw (2021)
Battle of Loikaw (2022)
Battle of Mese
Operation 1107[7]
Operation 1111
The Karenni Army (Burmese: ကရင်နီပြည် တပ်မတော်; abbreviated KA) is the armed wing of the Karenni National Progressive Party (KNPP), and operates in eastern Kayah State (also known as Karenni State), Myanmar (Burma).[8][9]
On 7 March 2012, the government of Myanmar signed a ceasefire agreement with the KNPP, in the presence of international observers from the UN High Commission for Refugees, British Council. and the American embassy.[10] A similar ceasefire deal was signed in 1995, but it was dissolved within three months.[10]
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^"Intense clash in Mese, Karenni State". Democratic Voice of Burma (in Burmese). 20 June 2023.
^"The 4K, the clash in Mese, and the military movement of Karenni State". People's Spring (in Burmese). 20 June 2023.
^"Chin National Front Signs Deal with Myanmar's Shadow Govt". The Irrawaddy. 29 May 2021. Archived from the original on 21 November 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^J, Esther (10 November 2023). "After attacking military target in Karenni State, KNDF and KNPLF announce launch of 'Operation 1107'". Myanmar Now. Archived from the original on 10 November 2023. Retrieved 10 November 2023.
^"Child Soldiers in Non-State Armed Groups". Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
^Karenni Army (KA) (Myanmar), GROUPS - ASIA - ACTIVE
^ ab"Burma: Government, Rebels Sign Ceasefire". UCA News. 8 March 2012. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
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