Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman use her mobile phone as she visits a temple to celebrate Chinese New Year in Nonthaburi province, on the outskirts of ...

Face-scans or fingerprints will be needed to buy SIM cards in Thailand from next month as the kingdom tries to crack down on electronic fraud and encourage mobile banking. The new biometric system -- ...

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) said the plan is aimed at locating foreign visitors who are overstaying or running from the authorities. But the NBTC assured that ...

Tourists sit as they wait for their boat at Maiton Island in Phuket, Thailand, on March 18, 2016 Tourists sit as they wait for their boat at Maiton Island in Phuket, Thailand, on March 18, 2016Athit ...

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s telecommunications regulator has approved in principle a plan to issue special SIM cards to foreign tourists so they can be tracked through their mobile phones. Officials at ...

For the nearly 2.5 million Indians who visited Thailand last year, the travel experience typically begins with a familiar frustration. You land at Suvarnabhumi Airport after a four-hour flight from ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand will introduce biometric checks nationwide for mobile telephone users to register their SIM cards from Dec. 15, the telecoms regulator said on Monday, in a bid to stamp ...