According to TTBA historical records, as part of its southern drive in the 1940s Japan sent many Taiwanese to Thailand. After the war, many of them remained there.
根據泰國台灣商會的史料記載，台灣早在日據時期（一九四○年代），日本推行南進政策時，就有許多台灣人被派遣來泰國任職，戰後繼續留在泰國。