DKBA-5

Not to be confused with the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army.

Democratic Karen Buddhist Army - Brigade 5
ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ကရင်အကျိုးပြုတပ်မတော် - တပ်မဟာ 5
LeadersSaw Mo Shay (2016–2021)[1][2]
Bo Nat Khann Mway (2010–2016)[3][4][5]
Dates of operation2010 (2010)–present
HeadquartersSonesee Myaing, Myawaddy Township, Myanmar
Active regionsKayin State
IdeologyKaren nationalism[6]
Theravada Buddhism[7]
Size1,500[8][9]
Allies Arakan Army (Kayin State)

Karen National Union

Opponents Myanmar
Battles and warsInternal conflict in Myanmar
Buddhist flag variant

The Democratic Karen Buddhist Army - Brigade 5 (Burmese: ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ကရင်အကျိုးပြုတပ်မတော် - တပ်မဟာ 5; abbreviated DKBA-5), also known as 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 is loosely affiliated with the Karen National Union. They have also worked with the Arakan Army.[10]

During the 2010 general election, the DKBA-5 attacked government troops and security forces in Myawaddy Township, Kayin State.[6] 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.[7]

  1. ^ "DKBA appoints new Commander-in-Chief". Mizzima. 22 April 2016. Archived from the original on 8 January 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  2. ^ "General Saw Mo Shay Appointed As DKBA's New Commander-in-Chief". Karen Times. Archived from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  3. ^ Naing, Saw Yan (14 March 2016). "Charismatic DKBA Leader Dies at 54". The Irrawaddy. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  4. ^ "DKBA Leader, Major General Saw Ler Pwe Succumbs To Cancer «  Karen News". karennews.org. Archived from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  5. ^ "DKBA leader Na Kham Mwe dies of cancer - The Nation". The Nation. Archived from the original on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  6. ^ a b "Myanmar Peace Monitor: Stakeholders - DKBA-5". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  7. ^ a b "Myanmar rebel armies join forces". Al-Jazeera English. 12 November 2010. Archived from the original on 13 November 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2010.
  8. ^ "Myanmar Peace Monitor". Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Peace may prove elusive as divisions sap strength of karen national union | Bangkok Post: news". www.bangkokpost.com. Bangkok Post. 14 October 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Myanmar Peace Monitor - Arakan Army (Karen Region)". Archived from the original on 29 April 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2016.