Most of the anti-government protesters, or the so-called red shirts, who had camped out in central Bangkok for more than two months in a tense political standoff are from Thailand's rural north.<br /><br />Following last week's violence in the Thai capital, the anti-government movement and the government are bracing themselves for more violence to come.<br /><br />Observers say the opposition movement has grown far beyond Thaksin Shinawatra, the ousted prime minister, with more professionals joining the push for regime change.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen travelled to Chiang Mai in northern Thailand, where many of the group's leaders have now gone underground. (May 23, 2010)
