Karen National Defence Organisation

Karen National Defence Organisation
Participant in the Internal conflict in Myanmar
Active	1949 (1949)–present
Ideology	Karen nationalism Federalism^[1]
Area of operations	Kayah State Kayin State
Part of	Karen National Union
Allies	Karen National Liberation Army DKBA-5 Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (until 2010)^[2]
Opponents	Government of Myanmar Tatmadaw Union of Myanmar (until 2011) Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (until 1988) Union of Burma (until 1962)
Battles and wars	Internal conflict in Myanmar Karen conflict

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 KNDO claims they have been fighting the government of Myanmar as early as 1947, and under the command of the KNU after Burmese independence from the United Kingdom.^[3]^[1]

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.^[4]

References

Insurgent groups in Myanmar

Active combatants	AA (Kachin) AA (Kayin) KIA/KIO MNDAA RNA TNLA ZRA

Ceasefire groups	ABSDF ALA CNA DKBA-5 KNDO KNLA/KNU KA/KNPP KNPLF MNLA MRDA NDAA PNLA SSA-N SSA-S UWSA

Defunct insurgent groups	ARIF ARNO CPB DKBA God's Army KDA MTA MRA Mujahideen NSCN-K NDA-K PNA RFCP RLP RPF SSA SSCP SSNA SURA VBSW WNA

Armed conflicts	2010–12 Myanmar border clashes Communist insurgency Campaign at the China–Burma border Kachin conflict Karen conflict Kokang conflict Rohingya insurgency

Internal conflict in Myanmar Ceasefires in Myanmar Tatmadaw

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