According to the parallel National Unity Government (NUG), over 400,000 civil servants refused to work for the regime and joined the CDM following the coup.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/features/dyeing-for-myanmars-revolution-cdm-cop-and-others-find-new-skills-for-new-life.html

A PDF battalion has around 200 troops, meaning the NUG has mustered an army of around 60,000 resistance fighters, excluding local PDFs.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/analysis/reviewing-myanmars-spring-revolution-2-years-on-from-the-coup.html

As the NUG noted, Myanmar’s military has shown little interest or intention in compromising with its opponents, and the only end to the conflict that it is willing to contemplate is its own victory.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/thailand-under-fire-for-brokering-informal-meeting-on-myanmar/

However, the observer added that this outcome was unlikely because although the NUG and the AA are both determined to defeat the military dictatorship, the AA has made clear that it wants to be independent and will not follow Burmese leadership.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/ethnic-issues/myanmars-civilian-govt-seeks-closer-ties-with-arakan-army-on-14th-anniversary.html

Kapte Nginzakap was a sergeant in the army before he joined the north Kalay police station run by the NUG as a volunteer and has been tasked to crack down on drug trafficking.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/06/myanmar-juntas-drug-trafficking-links/

Likewise, the NUG cannot win status as the country’s government until it sits in the junta-occupied capital Naypyitaw.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/ethnic-leadership-in-foreign-policy-needed-if-myanmar-resistance-is-to-make-significant-gains.html

Myanmar’s civilian National Unity Government (NUG) says an entrepreneur has bought the rights to a gem mine in Mogok Township, Mandalay Region, for US$4 million to fund the revolution.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-civilian-government-sells-gem-mining-rights.html

Nay Phone Latt, an NUG spokesperson, told The Associated Press international leaders should know their hands will be stained with blood when they shake hands with the leader of the “terrorist army,” referring to Ban Ki-Moon’s meeting on Monday.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/04/25/ex-un-head-ban-ki-moon-calls-for-end-to-myanmar-violence/

Not only politicians and political parties, one of Myanmar’s opposition groups National Unity Government (NUG) has used social media extensively to communicate with the public and to raise awareness of the ongoing conflict in the country.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/08/social-media-and-the-fight-for-political-influence-in-southeast-asia/

One option would be to formally recognize the National Unity Government (NUG) now in exile and provide it with some of the in frozen Burmese government assets.

Source: https://spectator.org/myanmar-military-commits-more-murder-and-mayhem/

The NUG said that as of Wednesday it had spent over US$ 30,000 for relief efforts in the five regions and states that were struck by the cyclone.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/thousands-of-cyclone-mocha-victims-abandoned-in-myanmar-resistance-stronghold.html

The report, citing anonymous sources, claimed that the detained leader told Don that “she neither recognizes nor supports the PDF or the NUG accused by the government of Myanmar of ‘terrorism and the killing of innocent people.’

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/news-website-panorient-accused-of-being-myanmar-junta-disinformation-mouthpiece.html

To fill the gap, the NUG had set up its own schools throughout the country in areas controlled by the resistance groups.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/the-unfolding-humanitarian-crisis-in-myanmar/