diff --git a/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/thread/SimpleRunnable.kt b/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/thread/SimpleRunnable.kt
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+package com.baeldung.thread
+
+class SimpleRunnable: Runnable {
+
+    override fun run() {
+        println("${Thread.currentThread()} has run.")
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/thread/SimpleThread.kt b/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/thread/SimpleThread.kt
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+++ b/core-kotlin/src/main/kotlin/com/baeldung/thread/SimpleThread.kt
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+package com.baeldung.thread
+
+class SimpleThread: Thread() {
+
+    override fun run() {
+        println("${Thread.currentThread()} has run.")
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/core-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/thread/CoroutineUnitTest.kt b/core-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/thread/CoroutineUnitTest.kt
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+++ b/core-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/thread/CoroutineUnitTest.kt
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+package com.baeldung.thread
+
+import kotlinx.coroutines.experimental.*
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+
+class CoroutineUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenCreateLaunchCoroutineWithoutContext_thenRun() {
+
+        val job = launch {
+            println("${Thread.currentThread()} has run.")
+        }
+
+        runBlocking {
+            job.join()
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenCreateLaunchCoroutineWithDefaultContext_thenRun() {
+
+        val job = launch(DefaultDispatcher) {
+            println("${Thread.currentThread()} has run.")
+        }
+
+        runBlocking {
+            job.join()
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenCreateLaunchCoroutineWithUnconfinedContext_thenRun() {
+
+        val job = launch(Unconfined) {
+            println("${Thread.currentThread()} has run.")
+        }
+
+        runBlocking {
+            job.join()
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenCreateLaunchCoroutineWithDedicatedThread_thenRun() {
+
+        val job = launch(newSingleThreadContext("dedicatedThread")) {
+            println("${Thread.currentThread()} has run.")
+        }
+
+        runBlocking {
+            job.join()
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenCreateAsyncCoroutine_thenRun() {
+
+        val deferred = async(Unconfined) {
+            return@async "${Thread.currentThread()} has run."
+        }
+
+        runBlocking {
+            val result = deferred.await()
+            println(result)
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/core-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/thread/ThreadUnitTest.kt b/core-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/thread/ThreadUnitTest.kt
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+++ b/core-kotlin/src/test/kotlin/com/baeldung/thread/ThreadUnitTest.kt
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+package com.baeldung.thread
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
+import kotlin.concurrent.thread
+
+class ThreadUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenCreateThread_thenRun() {
+
+        val thread = SimpleThread()
+        thread.start()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenCreateThreadWithRunnable_thenRun() {
+
+        val threadWithRunnable = Thread(SimpleRunnable())
+        threadWithRunnable.start()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenCreateThreadWithSAMConversions_thenRun() {
+
+        val thread = Thread {
+            println("${Thread.currentThread()} has run.")
+        }
+        thread.start()
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun whenCreateThreadWithMethodExtension_thenRun() {
+
+        thread(start = true) {
+            println("${Thread.currentThread()} has run.")
+        }
+    }
+}
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