The KNU Controls 37 Percent of the Myanmar-Thailand Border Line

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Since the 2021 coup, the Karen National Union/Karen National Liberation Army (KNU/KNLA) has focused primarily on expanding control along the Myanmar-Thailand border rather than pushing deeper into the mainland. More than five years on, the KNU/KNLA controls over 890 kilometers — 37 percent of the 2,416-kilometer Myanmar-Thailand border.