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Prominent ethnic armed organisation KNU elects new leaders for top offices
Padoh Saw Kwe Htoo Win is selected as KNU chair amid ongoing controversy around suspected involvement in an alleged military-linked casino project widely opposed by the Karen community
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KNU starts congress without Brigade 5 representatives
No reason was given for the absence of representatives from a key district of KNU-controlled territory
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Threat of junta airstrikes forces ethnic Karen schools and students into forests
‘I am taking my exams in the forest, not knowing when the military is going to come back,’ a 12-year-old girl in Hpa-an District says
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‘Freedom is never free; it comes at a great price’— KNU
In an interview with Myanmar Now, the Karen ethnic armed organisation’s spokesperson Padoh Saw Taw Nee lauds public support for the resistance movement and condemns a junta-controlled election
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KNU to ‘take action’ against perpetrators following murder of resistance officers from Pakokku
Members of the KNDO are accused of killing three men affiliated with the anti-junta resistance movement in Magway Region, and stealing guns intended for their forces
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