But the political unrest in Thailand has heavily tarnished the image of Thailand in the eyes of the international community. Thailand is the ultimate loser. Thais are staring at one of the most heated political showdowns in modern history. Nobody knows what is going to happen next.
A State of Emergency has been declared in Bangkok and 5 other provinces including some districts in Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, Pathum Thani, Nakhon Pathom and Ayutthaya.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva went on TV live today to explain the reasons behind the declaration of the state of emergency, to rush and solve the problems before the situation escalates.
The Red Shirts earlier stormed into the Interior Ministry and attacked a car believed to be transporting the PM out of the building.
Yesterday afternoon the Red-shirt protesters, supporters of fugitive ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra forced the closure of ASEAN Summit in Pattaya after several hundreds of them managed to storm past police and military barricades into the Pattaya Exhibition and Convention Hall at the Royal Cliff Beach Resort Hotel, the media centre of the Asean summit. Abhisit had to cancel the event and postpone it indefinitely, and declared Pattaya to be under State of Emergency.
The PM along with other foreign VIP delegates were quite shaken up as they were about to have lunch when the protesters arrived.
Abhisit last night called the red shirts public enemies for declaring a victory over the cancellation of the ASEAN Summit in Pattaya.
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