Red and Yellow

Something I've been made aware of is that there is an anti-government group which is protesting in Thailand. They're wearing red, so that's something that I should avoid while over there. (BBC News)
"Anti-government protesters have mounted a series of targeted demonstrations in the past two weeks, ranging from ritualistic blood curses to head-shaving to noisy parades through the streets of the capital... The red-shirts, a loose coalition of pro-democracy activists, supporters of the ousted prime minister, Thaksin Shinawatra, and former communists, deny any involvement with the blasts, which have not caused any serious damage or injury."


It also appears like there is another faction with yellow shirts which are opposite the red shirts. (BBC News)

Red Shirts: "The focus of many red-shirts' campaigning zeal is Thaksin Shinawatra, the prime minister ousted by the military in a September 2006 coup. By then Mr Thaksin had governed Thailand for five years. He was very popular among the rural poor, because he initiated policies that benefited them, such as funding for health-care and education.When elections were held 18 months after the coup, this rural support had not changed, even though Mr Thaksin was in overseas exile."

Yellow Shirts: "The focus of the yellow-shirts' campaign is also Thaksin Shinawatra - but they utterly oppose him. The yellow-shirts were behind the street protests that led up to the military coup of September 2006 - and the ones two years later that forced Mr Thaksin's allies from power.Called the Peoples' Alliance for Democracy (PAD), they are a loose grouping of royalists, businessmen and the urban middle class."