DKBA-5
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.
| Democratic Karen Buddhist Army - Brigade 5 | |
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| ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ကရင်အကျိုးပြုတပ်မတော် - တပ်မဟာ 5 | |
Flag of the DKBA still used by the DKBA-5 | |
| Leaders | Saw Mo Shay (2016–2021) Bo Nat Khann Mway (2010–2016) |
| Dates of operation | 2010–present |
| Headquarters | Sonesee Myaing, Myawaddy Township, Myanmar |
| Active regions | Kayin State |
| Ideology | Karen nationalism Theravada Buddhism |
| Size | 1,500 |
| Allies | Arakan Army (Kayin State) |
| Opponents | Myanmar
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| Battles and wars | Internal conflict in Myanmar |
| Buddhist flag variant | |
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.
During the 2010 general election, the DKBA-5 attacked government troops and security forces in Myawaddy Township, Kayin State. 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.