U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrived in South Korea on Sunday to begin a 10-day trip to Asia that comes amid turmoil on the Korean Peninsula over North Korea's threats to advance its nuclear and defense capabilities, and just after a failed missile launch by the North.

President Donald Trump's vice president arrived in the region a day after North Korea celebrated the birth anniversary of the country's late founder with a military parade showing off missiles and military hardware.

A North Korean missile exploded during launch Sunday, U.S. and South Korean officials said, a high-profile failure that comes as a powerful U.S. aircraft supercarrier approaches the Korean Peninsula in a show of force.

The vice president was joined by his wife and two adult daughters and was laying a wreath at the Seoul National Cemetery at the start of his trip. He was expected to join U.S. and South Korean troops for Easter Sunday church services and a dinner later in the day.

Trump has suggested the U.S. will take a tougher stance against North Korea, telling reporters last week: "North Korea is a problem. The problem will be taken care of." He has repeatedly said if China, North Korea's dominant trading partner, is unwilling to do more to pressure the North, the U.S. might take the matter into its own hands.

Along with the deployment of the Naval aircraft carrier and other vessels into waters off the Korean Peninsula, thousands of U.S. and South Korean troops, tanks and other weaponry were also deployed last month in their biggest-ever joint military exercises. That led North Korea to issue routine threats of attacks on its rivals if they show signs of aggression. Despite North Korea's provocations, U.S. officials have said that the U.S. doesn't intend to use military force against North Korea in response to either a nuclear test or a missile launch.

After a two-month policy review, officials settled on a policy dubbed "maximum pressure and engagement," U.S. officials said Friday. The administration's immediate emphasis, the officials said, will be on increasing pressure on Pyongyang with the help of Beijing.

The officials weren't authorized to speak publicly on the results of the policy review and requested anonymity.

Pence will be tasked with explaining the policy in meetings with leaders in South Korea and Japan at the start of his trip, which will also include stops in Indonesia and Australia. He will also aim to reassure allies in South Korea and Japan that the U.S. will take appropriate steps to defend them against North Korean aggression.

Pence's first trip to South Korea will carry personal meaning as well. His late father, Edward, served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War and was awarded the Bronze Star on April 15, 1953 — 64 years to the day of the vice president's departure for South Korea. Pence displays in his office his father's Bronze Star and a photograph of his father receiving the honor.

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These 2 powerful leader should consider their citizens because a yoruba adage says where 2 elephants fight, the surroundindg grass suffer most

Why would NK's Missile failed to launch?....

Like I said earlier....NK cannot single-handedly fight America.... Even Russia takes extreme precautions when dealing with US...


Many thumpzup for pence...

yanabasee:
Why would NK's Missile failed to launch?....

Like I said earlier....NK cannot single-handiedy fight America.... Even Russia takes extreme precautions when dealing with US...


Many thumpzup for pence...

No, it has proven they called the bluff of the USA. By making it fail, it was no threat to anyone. If the USA attacks, they would be attacking a country without UN approval. The North Koreans seem to understand how to play the game.... Lol

ollah2:



No, it has proven they called the bluff of the USA. By making it fail, it was no threat to anyone. If the USA attacks, they would be attacking a country without UN approval. The North Koreans seem to understand how to play the game.... Lol

How?...

NK threatened to launch the attack first.... and trump in his response said that NK will be taken care of.... and surprisingly, it was taken care of...

yanabasee:


How?...

NK threatened to launch the attack first.... and trump in his response said that NK will be taken care of.... and surprisingly, it was taken care of...

Like how ?
NK tested missile but never talked about attacking US
That's called science
You test a object first before put it in counting with your hardware
USA can't attack a country that own a Nuclear warhead
Even CNN confirm it, that attacking NK will shake the world cos of thier nuclear
I wish Gadaffi owns one like Iran

yanabasee:


How?...

NK threatened to launch the attack first.... and trump in his response said that NK will be taken care of.... and surprisingly, it was taken care of...

North Korea never said they will attack first. They only said if Trump is ready for war so be it. Also, Trump never took care of anything. The missile fail launch was first detected by SK and I think it's more of a strategy from NK.

seunny4lif:

Like how ?
They lunch it and it fail
That's called science
You test a object first before put it in counting with your hardware
USA can't attack a country that own a Nuclear warhead
Even CNN confirm it, that attacking NK will shake the world cos of thier nuclear
I wish Gadaffi owns one like Iran

Don't mind the Libyans that fell for USA propaganda. Perhaps, Gadaffi would have liberated Africa.

ollah2:



North Korea never said they will attack first. They only said if Trump is ready for war so be it. Also, Trump never took care of anything. The missile fail launch was first detected by SK and I think it's more of a strategy from NK.

NK threatened war first.....that was more of inciting an attack on US according to CNN...

And its been confirmed that the failure is due to Trumps handling on the issue...

seunny4lif:

Like how ?
NK tested missile but never talked about attacking US
That's called science
You test a object first before put it in counting with your hardware
USA can't attack a country that own a Nuclear warhead
Even CNN confirm it, that attacking NK will shake the world cos of thier nuclear
I wish Gadaffi owns one like Iran

Dude.... America's far sensible.... They release a bomb and termed it "mother of all bombs".....

Making ppl believe that US do not have nuclear weapons....

This intel info made NK to cease up on their attack blaming it on techy failure...

US rarely announce its deadly weapons like other countries.... A lesson learned by Russia...

yanabasee:


NK threatened war first.....that was more of inciting an attack on US according to CNN...

And its been confirmed that the failure is due to Trumps handling on the issue...

Lol.. ohh CNN


How can failure of a launch be correlated with Trump handling anything?

ollah2:

Lol.. ohh CNN

How can failure of a launch be correlated with Trump handling anything?

The power of a POTUS....

yanabasee:


The power of a POTUS....

This is a senseless line

As a reminder see the 5 -minute 29-second video :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X7nbwFxGRU

seunny4lif:

Like how ?
NK tested missile but never talked about attacking US
That's called science
You test a object first before put it in counting with your hardware
USA can't attack a country that own a Nuclear warhead
Even CNN confirm it, that attacking NK will shake the world cos of thier nuclear
I wish Gadaffi owns one like Iran

that is not science. It is called 'Failure in a row'. Allow the word 'science ' to rest. It has been long u have been using it.
A country that is preparing for war that couldnt launch ICBM in a row sucessfully is called serial failure.

ollah2:


This is a senseless line

As senseless as you and ur entire generation..


I'm sure u dont knw that US is still in possession of world-power and a POTUS is the number1 man in the world...

He (Trump) assured the world that NK will be taken care of... He knew what to do... I am not in the right position to educate u on how a POTUS run its office as the world's number one man!!!...

yanabasee:


As senseless as you and ur entire generation..


I'm sure u dont knw that US is still in possession of world-power and a POTUS is the number1 man in the world...

He (Trump) assured the world that NK will be taken care of... He knew what to do... I am not in the right position to educate u on how a POTUS run its office as the world's number one man!!!...

How dumb and stupid can you be? Your first already proved how you were brought up. You had to exhibit your moronself through catachrestic pattern of addressing on a public forum.

So because Trump is the POTUS automatically means he is a God. How doesn't NK missile fail correlate to Trump haven taking care of NK?

You exhibit high level of zero grey matter.