A new round of violence began in the late 1940s, at least as LIFE presented it to American readers in 1949, as "one more Communist uprising in Asia." But as civil war broke out, a group from the Karen minority — Baptists by religion, thanks to the work of American missionaries — entered the fray. Both the Communists and the Karens opposed the new largely Buddhist regime. The uprising by the Karens would be the start of a conflict that continued, in one form or another, for decades.

A coup in 1962 put the nation under a long run of military control (the free elections held there in 2015 were the first in decades) but the Karen conflict continued steadily, if less explosively, throughout. Two years ago, Myanmar's leaders signed a cease-fire designed to end conflict with many of the nation's ethnic minority groups — including the Karen, in what was billed as one of the most significant victories for the negotiators. At the time, the chairman of the Karen National Union called the cease-fire "a new page in history" for the group and the government of Myanmar. And yet, in the years since, for the Karens and for others, it has become painfully clear that the "turmoil of Burma" continues nonetheless.

 

 

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