Preparations for an overseas mission effort can take a lot of of advance planning in many areas, and that can include research and study to have at least some sense of the country you are visiting, its people and its society.
There are a number of ways to do that, including keeping abreast of news and current events in the country and the surrounding region. For research such as that, the Internet has proven invaluable.
Most major news outlets on the web, will have a "World News" category, maybe as a sub-header of a more general "News" category. Take msnbc.com, for example. Under the "World News" category, you can select "Asia-Pacific" for news - text, photos and video - of Thailand and the surrounding region ..... and not just from NBC/msnbc.com , but from AP, Reuters and Newsweek, as well.
Another good online source for news of Thailand comes from the MCOT English News service provided by the Thai News Agency. The reports are multi-media, and are updated around-the-clock (though western readers should bear in mind that Thailand's 'overnight,' with its slower news developments, is almost exactly the opposite of ours).
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