If I buy iphone 5 without contract, then can it use in another country?

My father wants to buy iphone 5, and he want to bring it back to Thailand. Pls. Answer me as fast as you.

There are no unlocked iPhone 5's for sale in the USA at the moment. So buying one "without contract" will not let it work outside of the US. You would need to buy an unlocked iPhone 5 without contract for it to work elsewhere.
Also, the US uses different bands for LTE, so the 4G connectivity is unlikely to work outside the US:
See: http://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/

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