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Download The ongoing unrest in Thailand looks likely to continue in the coming months, with anti-government protesters demanding that Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra step down before elections she has called for Feb 2, according to observers. Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Bangkok again on Sunday, rejecting a national poll Yingluck has called in a bid to defuse the country's deepening political crisis. The rally came a day after Thailand's main opposition Democrat Party announced it will boycott the elections, a move that appeared to embolden the protest movement. The protesters split into more than a dozen groups scattered around central Bangkok, including some of the capital's main shopping areas. One of the groups gathered outside Yingluck's home, but she was not there at the time. Many protesters near the residence were women, while hundreds of transgender people also joined the protest. Hundreds of riot police blocked the crowd from moving past the home's outside gate. Yingluck was in the northeastern provinces on an inspection tour. On Sunday morning, she traveled by train from Udon Thani to Nong Khai, considered the home of her Red Shirt supporters. She received a warm welcome at the Udon Thani railway station. Yingluck admitted that she was worried about the situation outside her home, but because her family was not there, she said she believed nothing serious would happen, media said. | 
