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The year 2016 marks the 50th year of Thai language education in Korea. The purpose of this study was to investigate the changes in the education of Thai in Korea and its current status, examine the Thai education curriculum of Busan University of Foreign Studies, comparing it with those of other universities, and explore teaching techniques and methods used for Thai language education in Korea. As the number of students graduating from high school decreased from 631,000 people in 2013 to 397,000 people in 2023, the number of college and university entrants is expected to be reduced to an even lower figure than the current number of people entering higher education in order to deal with the problem. As a result, in order to cope with the declining number of high school graduates and the government’s restructuring policies for colleges and universities which includes the plan to reduce the number of students, the colleges and universities in South Korea are making efforts to change their educational environment not only through the attempts to modify the appearances of them, such as the mobile campus program but also through the introduction of new teaching methods. This study aimed to introduce a new set of foreign language education programs, such as the establishment of a mobile campus including eClasses, Tandem language learning, Tutoring and present some suggestions for future directions in the Thai education of Busan University of Foreign Studies in the future.