political party would grow as well, The National League for Democracy (NLD), with Daw Suu Kyi, General Aung Gyi and Tin U as leading figures. This political party now is in the sitting government (2018). An election was not accomplished until 1990, with a tremendous victory to NLD. However, the military government chose to ignore this fact. SLORC, which yet another time renamed themselves to SPDC (State Peace and Development Council), ruled a country with several conflicts. This led to yet another vital riot in 2007, famously called The Saffron Revolution. This demonstration gained its name from the saffron-colored rope monks wear since the monks joined the people in the streets for peaceful walks. During this demonstration, Daw Suu Kyi had her first public appearance since 2003, and she was still under house arrest. In this Saffron Revolution, cellphones became essential tools. They made it easier to plan demonstrations and walks and made it possible to get information out of the country. Videos still exist on youtube.com from this demonstration. (Aung-Thwin & Aung-Thwin, 2013; Rønneberg, 2015) At the time, there were few phones in circulation, most of them hidden in monk´s robes and most of them illegal. The government had strict regulations for sim-card distribution and controlled the only company that was legal in Myanmar, MPT. One sim-card could cost as much as 200$, and internet access was not widely accessible (Naithy Cyriac, Shin Thant, & Khine Yi, 2018). As a result of this usage of phones during the demonstrations it just took a few days for the government to shut down the connections, leaving everyone out of service and unable to get more information beyond the borders. Luckily, the information they did manage to send out was enough to get international attention towards the country and the government (Bergren & Bailard, 2017; Jacobi, 2011). Myanmar Since 1988 Today the situation is very different. Since Myanmar, because of the military regime, was so closed off and did not focus on international relations, it still has weak connections today. The country still struggles with conflicts in the border areas, especially north in Kachin state to the Chinese border and in Rakhine state next to Bangladesh and India. Myanmar is a country which inhabits different ethnic groups such as Shan, Kayin, Mon, Chin, and Kachin, and numerous different languages. The Rohingya conflict has been developing since the deadly attacks on the Rohingya-villages in 2012, resulting in more than 140 000 Rohingya fleeing their homes, mostly to Bangladesh (Rønneberg, p. 211). Later in this thesis, I will address this 43