Sources: Karen self-determination

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  Karen conflict (Wikipedia) link

  General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, on the KNU's 1947 founding, its 31 January 1949 declaration of war, the conflict's status as the world's longest-running internal war, and large-scale displacement of Karen civilians into Thailand.

  Cited on: Karen self-determination, History of Karen self-determination · Source record

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  Karen National Union (Wikipedia) link

  General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, on the KNU's shift since 1976 from seeking independence to seeking a federal system for Myanmar rather than a separate Karen state.

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  Myanmar Civil War (Encyclopaedia Britannica) link

  General-reference encyclopedia article, consulted via citation, on the alliance of the KNU and other ethnic armed organizations with Myanmar's National Unity Government and People's Defense Force following the 2021 coup, and the conflict's general 2025 stalemate status.

  Cited on: Karen self-determination, History of Karen self-determination, Karen self-determination: current status · Source record

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  The Karen National Union in Post-Coup Myanmar (Stimson Center) link

  Policy-analysis commentary, consulted via citation, on the KNU's position as the first ethnic armed organization to oppose the February 2021 military coup, and the renewed fighting between its armed wing, the KNLA, and Myanmar's military government.

  Cited on: Karen self-determination, History of Karen self-determination · Source record