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Khun Sa

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Khun Sa (ခွန်ဆာ) (17 February 1934 – 26 October 2007), was a Shan warlord. [1]

64 relations: Australian dollar, Ban Hin Taek, Blood pressure, Bo Gritz, British rule in Burma, Cardiovascular disease, Charles Nall-Cain, 3rd Baron Brocket, Chiang Mai, Chinese Civil War, Chinese people, Chinese people in Myanmar, Commander-in-chief, Communist Party of Thailand, Diabetes mellitus, Division (military), Drug Enforcement Administration, Drug Enforcement Agency, Gareth Evans (politician), Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia), Heho Airport, High treason, Homein, In absentia, Internal conflict in Myanmar, Kengtung, Kriangsak Chamanan, Kuomintang, Lao People's Armed Forces, Lashio, Mae Hong Son, Mae Sai District, Mandalay, Maung Aye, Militia, Mong Tai Army, Mongyai Township, Myanmar, Myanmar Army, National Highway 1 (Myanmar), Nationalist government, Northrop F-5, Opium, Opium production in Afghanistan, Pak Thong Chai, Royal Thai Army, Samanera, Shan people, Shan State, Shan State Army, Shan State Army - South, ..., Shan United Revolutionary Army, Soviet Union, Stephen Rice (journalist), Tachileik, Tai peoples, Tak Province, Taunggyi, Thahan Phran, United Wa State Army, Warlord, Yangon, Yayway Cemetery, Yunnan, 1967 Opium War. Expand index (14 more) »

Australian dollar

The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD) is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including its external territories Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

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Ban Hin Taek

Ban Hin Taek or Baan Hin Taek (บ้านหินแตก;, lit. "The Village of Broken Stone") now renamed Ban Therd Thai (บ้านเทอดไทย;, lit. “Village to Honour Thailand”), is a village found in the Chiang Rai area in the northern part of Thailand.

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Blood pressure

Blood pressure (BP) is the pressure of circulating blood on the walls of blood vessels.

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Bo Gritz

James Gordon "Bo" Gritz (born January 18, 1939) is a former United States Army Special Forces officer who served for 22 years, including in the Vietnam War.

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British rule in Burma

British rule in Burma, also known as British Burma, lasted from 1824 to 1948, from the Anglo-Burmese wars through the creation of Burma as a Province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony, and finally independence.

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Cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels.

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Charles Nall-Cain, 3rd Baron Brocket

Charles Ronald George Nall-Cain, 3rd Baron Brocket (born 12 February 1952), also known as Charlie Brocket, is a peer, business owner, television presenter and convicted felon from the United Kingdom.

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Chiang Mai

Chiang Mai (from เชียงใหม่, ᨩ᩠ᨿᨦ ᩲᩉ᩠ᨾ᩵) sometimes written as "Chiengmai" or "Chiangmai", is the largest city in northern Thailand.

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Chinese Civil War

The Chinese Civil War was a war fought between the Kuomintang (KMT)-led government of the Republic of China and the Communist Party of China (CPC).

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Chinese people

Chinese people are the various individuals or ethnic groups associated with China, usually through ancestry, ethnicity, nationality, citizenship or other affiliation.

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Chinese people in Myanmar

The Chinese people in Burma, Burmese Chinese, Tayoke or Sino-Burmese (မြန်မာတရုတ်လူမျိုး) are a group of overseas Chinese born or raised in Burma (Myanmar).

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Commander-in-chief

A commander-in-chief, also sometimes called supreme commander, or chief commander, is the person or body that exercises supreme operational command and control of a nation's military forces.

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Communist Party of Thailand

The Communist Party of Thailand (พรรคคอมมิวนิสต์แห่งประเทศไทย; abbreviated CPT) was a communist party in Thailand active from 1942 until the 1990s.

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Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus (DM), commonly referred to as diabetes, is a group of metabolic disorders in which there are high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period.

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Division (military)

A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 and 20,000 soldiers.

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Drug Enforcement Administration

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is a United States federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Justice, tasked with combating drug smuggling and use within the United States.

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Drug Enforcement Agency

The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is an agency within the Liberian government charged with fighting drug-related crimes.

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Gareth Evans (politician)

Gareth John Evans AC, QC (born 5 September 1944), is an Australian international policymaker and former politician.

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Golden Triangle (Southeast Asia)

The Golden Triangle is the area where the borders of Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar meet at the confluence of the Ruak and Mekong Rivers.

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Heho Airport

Heho Airport (ဟဲဟိုးလေဆိပ်) is an airport serving Heho, a town in Kalaw Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar.

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High treason

Treason is criminal disloyalty.

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Homein

Homein, also known as Homong, Homöng, Ho Mong and Wān Ho-möng, is a village in Langkho Township, Langkho District, southern Shan State, Myanmar (Burma).

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In absentia

Absentia is Latin for absence.

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Internal conflict in Myanmar

The internal conflict in Myanmar refers to a series of primarily ethnic conflicts within Myanmar that began shortly after the country, then known as Burma, became independent from the United Kingdom in 1948.

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Kengtung

Kengtung (Shan:;,; เชียงตุง,,; also spelled Kyaingtong, Chiang Tung, Cheingtung, and Kengtong) is a town in Shan State, Myanmar (formerly Burma).

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Kriangsak Chamanan

General Kriangsak Chamanan (เกรียงศักดิ์ ชมะนันทน์,; 17 December 191723 December 2003) served as prime minister of Thailand from 1977 to 1980.

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Kuomintang

The Kuomintang of China (KMT; often translated as the Nationalist Party of China) is a major political party in the Republic of China on Taiwan, based in Taipei and is currently the opposition political party in the Legislative Yuan.

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Lao People's Armed Forces

The Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF) is the name of the armed forces of the Lao People's Democratic Republic and the institution of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, who are charged with protecting the country.

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Lashio

Lashio (လႃႈသဵဝ်ႈ) is the largest town in northern Shan State, Myanmar, about north-east of Mandalay.

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Mae Hong Son

Mae Hong Son (แม่ฮ่องสอน) is a town (thesaban mueang) in north-west Thailand, capital of Mae Hong Son Province.

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Mae Sai District

Mae Sai (แม่สาย,; Shan) is the northernmost district (amphoe) of Chiang Rai Province in northern Thailand.

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Mandalay

Mandalay is the second-largest city and the last royal capital of Myanmar (Burma).

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Maung Aye

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye (မောင်အေး; born 25 December 1937) is a Burmese military figure who was Vice Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), the ruling military junta of Burma, from 1993 to 2011.

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Militia

A militia is generally an army or some other fighting organization of non-professional soldiers, citizens of a nation, or subjects of a state, who can be called upon for military service during a time of need, as opposed to a professional force of regular, full-time military personnel, or historically, members of a warrior nobility class (e.g., knights or samurai).

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Mong Tai Army

The Mong Tai Army (မိုင်းတိုင်းတပ်မတော်; sometimes transcripted Muang Tai Army; abbreviated MTA), was an insurgent group consisting of soldiers from the Shan minority in Myanmar, founded in 1985 by Khun Sa.

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Mongyai Township

Mongyai Township is a township of Lashio District in the Shan State of eastern Burma.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia.

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Myanmar Army

The Myanmar Army (တပ်မတော်(ကြည်း)) is the largest branch of the Armed Forces (''Tatmadaw'') of Myanmar (Burma) and has the primary responsibility of conducting land-based military operations.

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National Highway 1 (Myanmar)

National Highway 1 (NR1), literally "The Road to Mandalay ") is an important south-north flowing highway of central Burma and the busiest road in the country. It connects Yangon to Meiktila where it joins the National Highway 4 going east and then NR1 continues north to Mandalay. The highway begins in western Yangon at Pyay Road and then continues north to Meiktila where it joins the National Highway 4 at approximately. The highway then continues north and ends at central Mandalay, where it joins the National Highway 3 at. Category:Roads in Myanmar.

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Nationalist government

The Nationalist government, officially the National Government of the Republic of China, refers to the government of the Republic of China between 1 July 1925 to 20 May 1948, led by the Kuomintang (KMT, Chinese Nationalist Party).

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Northrop F-5

The Northrop F-5A and F-5B Freedom Fighter and the F-5E and F-5F Tiger II are part of a supersonic light fighter family, initially designed in the late 1950s by Northrop Corporation.

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Opium

Opium (poppy tears, with the scientific name: Lachryma papaveris) is the dried latex obtained from the opium poppy (scientific name: Papaver somniferum).

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Opium production in Afghanistan

Afghanistan has been the world's leading illicit opium producer since 1992 (excluding the year 2001).

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Pak Thong Chai

Pak Thong Chai (เทศบาลตำบลปักธงชัย), Pak Thong Chai District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, effective 16 July 16, 2008.

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Royal Thai Army

The Royal Thai Army or RTA (กองทัพบกไทย) is the army of Thailand responsible for protecting its sovereignty and national interests.

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Samanera

A sāmaṇera (Pali); Sanskrit śrāmaṇera, is a novice male monastic in a Buddhist context.

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Shan people

The Shan (တႆး;, ရှမ်းလူမျိုး;; ไทใหญ่ or ฉาน) are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia.

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Shan State

Shan State (Burmese: ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်,; Shan: မိူင်းတႆး) is a state of Myanmar.

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Shan State Army

The Shan State Army (ရှမ်းပြည် တပ်မတော်; abbreviated SSA) was one of the largest insurgent groups that fought government forces in Shan State, Myanmar (Burma).

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Shan State Army - South

The Shan State Army - South (တပ်ႉသိုၵ်းၸိုင်ႈတႆး - ပွတ်းၸၢၼ်း; abbreviated SSA-S), also known simply as the Shan State Army, is the armed wing of the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and one of the largest insurgent groups in Myanmar (Burma).

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Shan United Revolutionary Army

The Shan United Revolutionary Army (ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်တပ်ပေါင်းစုတော်လှန်ရေးတပ်မတော်; abbreviated SURA), was a Shan insurgent group in Myanmar (Burma), led by several drug warlords such as Khun Sa.

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Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.

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Stephen Rice (journalist)

Stephen Rice (born 15 August 1957) is an Australian journalist, author and television producer.

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Tachileik

Tachileik (တာချီလိတ်မြို့; also spelt Tachilek; ท่าขี้เหล็ก), is a border town in the Shan State of eastern Myanmar.

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Tai peoples

Tai peoples refers to the population of descendants of speakers of a common Tai language, including sub-populations that no longer speak a Tai language.

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Tak Province

Tak (ตาก) is one of the western provinces (changwat) of Thailand.

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Taunggyi

Taunggyi (Shan:, Pa-O) is the capital and largest city of Shan State, Myanmar (Burma) and lies on the Thazi-Kyaingtong road at an elevation of 4,712 feet, just north of Shwenyaung and Inle Lake within the Myelat region.

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Thahan Phran

The Thahan Phran (ทหารพราน; literally "hunter soldiers"; AKA Thai Rangers) is a paramilitary light infantry force which patrols the borders of Thailand and is an auxiliary of the Royal Thai Army (RTA).

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United Wa State Army

The United Wa State Army (ဝပြည် သွေးစည်းညီညွတ်ရေး တပ်မတော်,; abbreviated UWSA), also abbreviated as the UWS Army, is the military wing of the United Wa State Party (UWSP), the de facto ruling party of Wa State (officially known as the Wa Self-Administered Division).

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Warlord

A warlord is a leader able to exercise military, economic, and political control over a subnational territory within a sovereign state due to their ability to mobilize loyal armed forces.

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Yangon

Yangon (ရန်ကုန်မြို့, MLCTS rankun mrui,; formerly known as Rangoon, literally: "End of Strife") was the capital of the Yangon Region of Myanmar, also known as Burma.

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Yayway Cemetery

Yayway Cemetery (ရေဝေးသုသာန်, also spelt Yeway Cemetery) is a cemetery located in North Okkalapa Township, Yangon, Myanmar.

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Yunnan

Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country.

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1967 Opium War

The 1967 Opium War took place in northwestern Laos between February and August 1967; actual fighting took place from 29 July to 1 August 1967.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khun_Sa

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