People / group
Karen people
The Karen are a group of related peoples speaking Karenic languages, living mainly in the hills of south-eastern Myanmar along the Thai border, with communities in Thailand. Many became Christians through 19th-century Baptist missions. The Karen National Union began an armed struggle for autonomy in 1949, one of the world's longest-running insurgencies, and hundreds of thousands of Karen have fled to camps in Thailand.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Karen people. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/karen-people
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- “Karen people.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/karen-people. Accessed .
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