Time is running out. It is only three years until Thailand becomes part of the single market system under the Asean Economic Community (AEC). Yet, the majority of people are still not prepared to face the new challenge. According to a recent poll in the Northeast by Khon Kaen University, more than half the respondents have not heard of the AEC, This is a bad sign. According to poll respondents, they want to know more about what the impacts of the AEC on their lives.