Caught in a Two-Front War in Post-Ceasefire Karen State
Caught in a Two-Front War in Post-Ceasefire Karen State Despite a ceasefire agreement between the Karen National Union and the Burma government and endless rounds of dead-end peace-talks, the Burma Army continues to consolidate and reinforce its military bases in Karen State. Many observers fear the government is ‘playing’ peace politics with the KNU and other ethnic groups while it continues to militarize the ethnic states readying them for its ‘development invasion’. In January 2012 the Karen National Union signed a historic agreement with the ‘reformist’ Burmese government unde...
Source: karennews.org