Negotiations, not sanctions, are the only way out of Ukraine crisis, says Thai official

STORY: Negotiations, not sanctions, are the only way out of Ukraine crisis, says Thai official DATELINE: March 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): PANITAN WATTANAYAGORN, Chairman of Thai prime minister's Security Advisory Committee STORYLINE: Sanctions often do not work well and may cause devastating impacts in certain cases, while negotiations are the only way out of the Ukraine crisis, a Thai official has said. SOUNDBITE (English): PANITAN WATTANAYAGORN, Chairman of Thai prime minister's Security Advisory Committee "Sanctions, especially economic sanctions, often do not work well, particularly to the people of those targeted countries. Sanctions seem to be one of the most often used tools to perhaps increase the weight in terms of pressure on negotiations, but particularly in the new current era that we all are connected in a global market. One country's sanctions will hurt others. And eventually, it may also hurt the country that imposes sanc

(2)Abductee's father lodges protest 'with anger,' calls for sanc

(2)Abductee's father lodges protest 'with anger,' calls for sanc

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Yokota, whose daughter Megumi Yokota was abducted to North Korea in 1977, and his wife Sakie come out of the Cabinet Office on Dec. 8 following a government announcement that DNA analysis showed the remains handed by the North are not those of Megumi. (Kyodo)

(1)Abductee's father lodges protest 'with anger,' calls for sanc

(1)Abductee's father lodges protest 'with anger,' calls for sanc

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeru Yokota, whose daughter Megumi Yokota was abducted to North Korea in 1977, accompanied by his wife Sakie, speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 8. The Yokotas issued a statement lodging a protest ''with anger'' over North Korea presenting fake remains as those of his daughter, and strongly urged the Japanese government to immediately impose economic sanctions against the North. (Kyodo)