Autonomy and Indigenous self-government
Dated events associated with this case. Each event is a shared record: the same event appears identically wherever it is relevant.
· Declaration
The KNU declared war on the newly independent Burmese government, beginning the world's longest-running internal armed conflict.
Significance here: The founding event of the Karen conflict, still ongoing more than seventy years later.
· Other
The KNU became the first ethnic armed organization to oppose the coup, resuming armed conflict after nearly a decade of ceasefire.
Significance here: The most significant recent turning point in the Karen conflict, reintegrating it into a nationwide anti-coup struggle.
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