Category: Pre-trip Student Assignments
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Flooding in Thailand
By Alyson Pinkelman and Cecile Murdock Bangkok was built on the floodplains of the Chao Phraya River and is expected to be one of the urban areas hit hardest by climate change (Hay, 2017). According to the World Bank, “nearly 40% of Bangkok may be inundated each year as soon as 2030 due to more…
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A Brief Overview of Health Care in Thailand
By Madeline Gere, Megan Poling, and Lyons Wells During a primary orientation meeting for the May Term Thailand Course, a question regarding the quality of Thai health care was asked. Han Kim replied, “Oh yeah, the Thai health care system is great. In fact, some people travel there for health care. Medical tourism, ever heard…
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Tourism in Thailand
By Eli Clarke and Tanner Peacock Thailand is a small, but amazing country. There are a couple things that Thailand is well-known for. First is the fact that Thailand is the only country in Southeast Asia to never been colonized by Europeans. The people within this country take great pride in this aspect of their…
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Contemporary Thai Political Issues
By Noor Hamouda, Sophia Moreno, and Kiera Stukey Death of the King Over the last year the political climate in Thailand has experienced a new turn that it has not witnessed in over seventy years. On October 13th, 2016, former and beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej also known as King Rama IX passed away. King Rama…
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Thai Traditional Medicine
By Adanna Foley, Mingyu Hu, and Aubrey Louder Traditional Thai medicine is a practice that has been used for generations. Contrary to Western medicine, traditional Thai medicine makes use of mostly local remedies and local healers. Massage and herb-based healing is an important part of tying the body and soul together. There are three ways…
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