Democratic Karen Benevolent Army
| Democratic Karen Buddhist Army - Brigade 5 | |
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ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်ကရင်အကျိုးပြုတပ်မတော် - တပ်မဟာ 5 Participant in the Internal conflict in Myanmar |
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| Active | 2010–present |
| Ideology |
Karen nationalism Theravada Buddhism |
| Leaders |
Saw Mo Shay Bo Nat Khann Mway (2010–2016) |
| Headquarters | Sonesee Myaing, Myawaddy Township, Myanmar |
| Area of operations | Kayin State |
| Strength | 1,500 |
| Originated as | Democratic Karen Buddhist Army |
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Arakan Army (Kayin State)
Karen National Union
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, 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.
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