Mike Pence warns North Korea: 'Era of strategic patience is over'

Mike Pence has warned that the “era of strategic patience is over” with North Korea and urged China to use its “extraordinary levers” to pressure the regime into abandoning its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes.

Speaking to reporters during a visit to the heavily armed border separating North and South Korea on Monday, the vice-president described Washington’s commitment to South Korea’s security as “unshakeable”, a day after North Korea conducted a failed missile launch.

Despite its failure, Sunday’s missile launch was seen as a test of Trump’s resolve after the president warned that he had not ruled out military action against North Korea and sent a US aircraft carrier battle group towards the peninsula.

North Korea has a long-term development plan and strategy to acquire reliable nuclear weapons and reliable delivery systems. This, of course, requires appropriate tests, but they are not being imported into the international community and are exacerbating geopolitical tensions.

Source: The Guardian

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