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Thailand has initiated a comprehensive airport security overhaul following the arrest of a Thai Airways flight attendant for drug trafficking in Australia. The government is implementing a 'Zero Trust' policy requiring all aviation personnel to undergo identical screening as passengers.
Thailand is rolling out an ambitious security overhaul pairing a centralised crime database called Shield with AI-powered surveillance systems to tackle organised crime networks and safeguard its tourism sector.
Separate bomb attacks in Thailand's Yala and Pattani provinces on June 19 wounded 11 police officers, including two who required emergency surgery and helicopter evacuation, intensifying security concerns in the violence-prone south.