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The Karen have been fighting for independence since 1949, making it the world's longest-running [[civil war]], yet "almost entirely unreported".<ref name="PT">Thornton</ref>
The Karen have been fighting for independence since 1949, making it the world's longest-running [[civil war]], yet "almost entirely unreported".<ref name="PT">Thornton</ref>
The population of the Karen people is officially 7,000,000, although the Karen people themselves claim it to be twice that.<ref name="KW">Karen Website</ref><ref name="PT" />
The population of the Karen people is officially 7,000,000, although the Karen people themselves claim it to be twice that.<ref name="PT" /><ref name="KW">Karen Website</ref>
When the Karen were first visited by a [[European]] (a British diplomat) in 1795, the Karen were waiting for the fulfillment of a [[prophecy]] that they would one day be visited by a white man bringing with him a book, like they themselves lost long ago. This book was written by the Supreme [[God]], Y'wa.<ref name="DR">Richardson</ref>
When the Karen were first visited by a [[European]] (a British diplomat) in 1795, the Karen were waiting for the fulfillment of a [[prophecy]] that they would one day be visited by a white man bringing with him a book, like they themselves lost long ago. This book was written by the Supreme [[God]], Y'wa.<ref name="DR">Richardson</ref>
== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
* [http://www.karen.org/main.htm Karen Website]
* [http://www.karen.org/main.htm Karen Website]
* Richardson, Don, ''Eternity in their Hearts'', 1984, pp. 73-108.
* Richardson, Don, ''Eternity in their Hearts'', 1984, pp. 73–108.
* Thornton, Phil, with Adams, Phillip, [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/2007/2022830.htm The Karen Conflict and Life on the Thai-Burma Border], ''Late Night Live'', Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 3rd September, 2007. <!-- (Audio starts at 14:07 and finishes at 31:04). --><!-- Audio no longer on web-site -->
* Thornton, Phil, with Adams, Phillip, [http://www.abc.net.au/rn/latenightlive/stories/2007/2022830.htm The Karen Conflict and Life on the Thai-Burma Border], ''Late Night Live'', Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 3 September 2007. <!-- (Audio starts at 14:07 and finishes at 31:04). --><!-- Audio no longer on web-site -->
==References==
==References==