US vice-president Mike Pence has warned North Korea not to test President Donald Trump’s resolve, saying that Washington wanted the communist state to abandon nuclear weapons and end its “unacceptable” missile tests.
Mr Pence met South Korean acting president Hwang Kyo-ahn on Monday to discuss how to rein in North Korea, in his first stop of a four-nation Asia tour amid mounting tension on the Korean peninsula.
Echoing the words of Rex Tillerson, US secretary of state, a month ago, Mr Pence declared the “era of strategic patience is over” in the face of North Korea’s growing military threats.
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