Karen conflict

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The Karen conflict is a long-running ethnic insurgency in Myanmar involving Karen armed groups fighting the central government for greater autonomy, rights, and recognition.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Karen conflict canonical 6
Karen resistance 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil war ⓘ
ethnic conflict ⓘ
insurgency ⓘ
alternativeName Karen insurgency ⓘ
linked to: Kayin insurgency

Kayin conflict ⓘ
linked to: Kayin
cause centralization of power by Myanmar government ⓘ
demand for greater autonomy ⓘ
ethnic discrimination ⓘ
political marginalization of Karen people ⓘ
conflictType ethnic insurgency ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
ethnicGroupInvolved Karen people ⓘ
Kayin people NERFINISHED ⓘ
goal ethnic rights ⓘ
greater autonomy for Karen areas ⓘ
political recognition of Karen people ⓘ
hasDuration long-running ⓘ
hasPeaceProcess ceasefire negotiations between Karen National Union and Myanmar government ⓘ
involvesOrganization Border Guard Forces ⓘ
Democratic Karen Buddhist Army ⓘ
Karen National Liberation Army ⓘ
Karen National Union ⓘ
Karen Peace Council ⓘ
languageOfEthnicGroup Karen languages ⓘ
location Bago Region ⓘ
Kayin State ⓘ
Mon State ⓘ
Tanintharyi Region ⓘ
Thai–Myanmar border region ⓘ
mainBelligerent Government of Myanmar ⓘ
Karen National Liberation Army ⓘ
Karen National Union ⓘ
Tatmadaw ⓘ
notableEvent capture of Manerplaw by Tatmadaw in 1995 ⓘ
opponent Government of Myanmar ⓘ
Tatmadaw ⓘ
primaryIssue control over Karen-majority territories ⓘ
self-determination for Karen people ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
relatedTo Internal conflict in Myanmar ⓘ
Kachin conflict ⓘ
Rohingya conflict ⓘ
Shan conflict ⓘ
religiousDimension tensions between Christian and Buddhist Karen factions ⓘ
result human rights abuses against civilians ⓘ
large-scale internal displacement of Karen civilians ⓘ
refugee flows into Thailand ⓘ
startTime 1949 ⓘ
status ongoing with intermittent ceasefires ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kayin State → hasEthnicArmedConflict → Karen conflict ⓘ
KNU → conflict → Karen conflict ⓘ
Brigade 4 → conflict → Karen conflict ⓘ
Shan conflict → relatedTo → Karen conflict ⓘ
Karen flag → symbolizes → Karen resistance ⓘ
linked to: Karen conflict
Kachin conflict → relatedTo → Karen conflict ⓘ