10-653: DKBA may refer to: the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army , an insurgent group that operated in Myanmar from 1994 to 2010 the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army - Brigade 5 (DKBA-5), an insurgent group that is currently active in Myanmar the Dolgoprudnenskoe Scientific Production Plant , formerly abbreviated as DKBA (Russian: ДКБА ) Topics referred to by
20-606: A campaign in 1992 of constructing pagodas in Karen State , including at the KNU headquarters of Manerplaw . As the KNU leadership would not grant permission for construction of the pagodas, claiming they would attract government air strikes , Thuzana began to encourage KNLA soldiers to desert the organisation. Following a couple skirmishes and failed negotiations in early December 1994, the DKBA announced its formation and its split from
30-675: A combined force of five armed groups; Democratic Karen Buddhist Army, PDF, KNU/KNLA Peace Council (KPC), Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) and a Karen Border Guard Force (BGF) splinter group clashed with Tatmadaw and Karen BGF in Phlu village, Karen state . Brigadier General Saw Kyaw Thet, stated that the five armed groups are cooperating throughout Karen state . Democratic Karen Benevolent Army [REDACTED] Karen National Union The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army - Brigade 5 ( Burmese : ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ကရင်အကျိုးပြုတပ်မတော် - တပ်မဟာ 5 ; abbreviated DKBA-5 ), also known as
40-492: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Democratic Karen Buddhist Army Non-state opponents The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army ( DKBA ; Burmese : တိုးတက်သော ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ ကရင်အမျိုးသား တပ်ဖွဲ့ ) was an insurgent group of Buddhist soldiers and officers in Myanmar that split from the predominantly Christian-led Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), one of
50-751: Is loosely affiliated with the Karen National Union . They have also worked with the Arakan Army . During the 2010 general election , the DKBA-5 attacked government troops and security forces in Myawaddy Township , Kayin State . The group signed a ceasefire agreement with the government on 3 November 2011, though they have not agreed to disarming, unlike their DKBA predecessors in 2010. This article about an organisation in Myanmar
60-617: The Democratic Karen Benevolent Army ( Burmese : ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ကရင်အကျိုးပြုတပ်မတော် ; abbreviated DKBA ) and the Klo Htoo Baw Battalion by the Burmese government, is a Karen Buddhist insurgent group in Myanmar . The group was led by Bo Nat Khann Mway , also known as "Saw Lah Pwe", until his death in 2016. The DKBA-5 split from the original Democratic Karen Buddhist Army in 2010 and
70-607: The KNU on 1 January 1995. Its political wing composed of Buddhist officers, Democratic Karen Buddhist Organisation, was established on 21 December 1994. Pado Mahn Shar , the secretary-general of the Karen National Union, was assassinated at his home in Mae Sot , Thailand , on 14 February 2008. Several analysts claim that the assassination was possibly carried out by soldiers of the DKBA, though this has never been confirmed. In 2010, DKBA soldiers split away from
80-635: The largest rebel factions in Myanmar. Shortly after splitting from the KNLA in December 1994, the DKBA signed a ceasefire agreement with the government of Myanmar in exchange for military and financial assistance; provided that it supported government offensives against the KNU (the political wing of the KNLA) and its allies. The DKBA was formed for a variety of reasons. A Buddhist monk named U Thuzana had started
90-458: The organisation and renamed themselves the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army – Brigade 5 (DKBA-5), which was led by Bo Nat Khann Mway (Saw Lah Pwe). The newly formed group originally had five brigades under its control (hence its name), but currently commands only three. DKBA under the original name of Democratic Karen Buddhist Army reemerged under the command of Saw Kyaw Thet, a brigadier general who split away from DKBA-5. In early June 2021,
100-452: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title DKBA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=DKBA&oldid=1252424873 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Russian-language text Short description
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