Karen National Defence Organisation

Karen National Defence Organisation
Participant in the Internal conflict in Myanmar
Active	1949 (1949)–present
Ideology	Karen nationalism Federalism
Area of operations	Kayah State Kayin State
Part of	Karen National Union
Allies	Karen National Liberation Army DKBA-5 Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (until 2010)
Opponents	Government of Myanmar Tatmadaw Union of Myanmar (until 2011) Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma (until 1988) Union of Burma (until 1962)
Battles and wars	Internal conflict in Myanmar Karen conflict

The Karen National Defence Organisation (KNDO) is one of two military branches of the Karen National Union (KNU), the second of which being the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA). The KNDO claims they have been fighting the government of Myanmar as early as 1947, and under the command of the KNU after Burmese independence from the United Kingdom.

The KNDO had closely followed the peace process instigated by the government, starting with the call for nationwide ceasefire by the Ethnic Armed Resistance Organizations (EARO) in 2011. On 11 October 2015, the KNDO released a statement on the recent ceasefire agreements.