"We will be guided by what President Donald Trump once again confirmed", he said.
Pence told Bash that China would need to continue to "bring pressure" on North Korea regarding its nuclear program.
Labelling North Korea's failed missile test at the weekend a "provocation", Mr Pence said the regime "would do well not to test [President Trump's] resolve or the strength of the armed forces of the United States in this region".
On a visit to the border between North and South Korea earlier in the day, Pence, whose father served in the 1950-53 Korean War, said the United States would stand by its "iron-clad alliance" with South Korea.
"I know the President was heartened by his discussions with President Xi (Jinping)".
"Just in the past two weeks, the world witnessed the strength and resolve of our new president in actions taken in Syria and Afghanistan", said Pence, standing beside Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn, South Korea's acting president.
"We need to apply pressure on North Korea so they seriously respond to a dialogue" with the global community, he said, urging China and Russian Federation to play more constructive roles on the issue.
Lu said that prior to the THAAD deployment, relations between Beijing and Seoul were strong and "China didn't cause the current problem in bilateral ties".
How advanced is North Korea's nuclear programme?
It ultimately failed after Pyongyang violated it by continuing its nuclear buildup.
LoPresti's proposal comes amid mounting tensions between the US and North Korea as concern grows about North Korea's repeated ballistic missile test launches. During the Obama administration, the regime launched four more nuclear tests. The North Koreans tried and failed to launch a ballistic missile, which may or may not have been electronically sabotaged by the US.
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Asked about that, Pence paused for several seconds before answering.
"It was the policy of the United States of America during prior administrations to practice what they called strategic patience", Pence said.
He reiterated U.S. support for South Korea, telling his host: "We are with you 100%".
After a two-month policy review, the Trump administration settled on a policy dubbed "maximum pressure and engagement", USA officials said Friday.
He says any use of nuclear weapons by North Korea will be met with "an overwhelming and effective response".
Trump, in Washington, and Pence at the tense Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea, signaled a forceful US stance on North Korea's recent actions and threats.
The two sides may have discussed the ongoing deployment of THAAD, the USA missile defense system to be placed in central South Korea to deter North Korea missiles.
Military of North Korea.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told reporters in Beijing the situation on the Korean peninsula was "highly sensitive, complicated and high risk", adding all sides should "avoid taking provocative actions that pour oil on the fire". For security reasons, Pence did not.
At the same it's increased its military footprint in the region by deploying a naval carrier strike group to waters off the Korean Peninsula. Their newly impeached president Park Geun-hye may face life in prison for corruption in a scandal that is the focus of South Korean politics. "It was a lot of tough fighting here", Pence told CNN. And it gives me great confidence as we go into the future that we will achieve our objective of a secure and prosperous South Korea.
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