Global Post reports the unrest in Thailand contains the seeds of a possible civil war between the haves and the have-nots. The two groups are called the yellow shirts and the red shirts, respectively.
The current prime minister was elected by, and represents, the red shirts who are largely poor, whether rural or urban. The yellow shirts are trying to regain control of the country, they tend to be the more affluent, the royalists, and the urban elites.
Making the situation more explosive, the police side with the red shirts and the army sides with the yellow shirts. There is sub rosa talk of dividing the country like the two Koreas. The red shirt capital would be Chiang Mai, a hill station in the northern mountains. The yellow shirt capital would be Bangkok, the present capital.
