Armed rebels in Myanmar border seize military outpost April 27, 2021 Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar, peacefully demonstrate against the Junta on Monday. — courtesy Twitter YANGON — Ethnic minority Karen insurgents have seized a military outpost near the Thai border, a sign that civil conflict will continue despite a recent pledge by the junta to end the violence. The Karen National Union (KNU), which controls territory in eastern Myanmar near the Thai border, is a close ally of the resistance movement against the military takeover that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. Its armed wing is called the Karen National Liberation Army.