The drink has become an unlikely symbol of Thailand's political divisions following May’s polls. Read more at straitstimes.com.
But, only last week, Pheu Thai leaders were seen in talks with pro-military party figures, with an image of them toasting iced chocolate-mint drinks going viral.
Devotees excitedly snapped pictures of the goopy green concoction at the ThinkLab cafe in Pheu Thai’s Bangkok headquarters. “I was suspicious of Pheu Thai when I saw that photo. Why did they hold talks with them?” Ms Sasichom Krudhnark Pongphrom, who owns a cafe in Samut Songkhram, south-west of Bangkok, told AFP.
“I don’t have anything against the choc-mint drink, but I just wanted to show that I stand by the pro-democracy side of politics,” she said.About 10 to 15 years ago, the country was deeply split between royalist “Yellow Shirts” and “Red Shirts” who supported Thaksin Shinawatra, founder of Pheu Thai’s forerunner party.
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