Despite this, Han Song-ryol, North Korea's deputy foreign minister, told the BBC that the North would continue its missile tests, "on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis", warning that if the United States took military action against them, an "all-out war" would ensue. "We'll be conducting more missile tests on a weekly, monthly and yearly basis", he said.
Speaking with reporters on his way to the Middle East, Mattis said the most recent test was not an intercontinental ballistic missile but still a reckless move.
"We are exploring a new range of diplomatic, security, and economic measures and all options are on the table", Gary Ross, a Pentagon spokesman, said.
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."In the past, U.S. -Japan economic relations have started from friction, but we're entering a new area where we start from cooperation", he told the news conference.
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On Sunday, Mr Trump wrote on Twitter that China was working with the U.S. on "the North Korea problem".
Pointing to Trump's recent military actions in Syria and Afghanistan, Pence said, "North Korea would do well not to test his resolve", or the US armed forces in the region.
North Korea's foreign ministry have promised to continue testing missiles in the face of the United States threat.
"The Chinese often express frustration with North Korea, and disappointment".
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Erdogan lashed out in response at what he called a "Crusader mentality in the West". He said the new system proposed by the AKP has very little checks and balances.
Pence on Monday had traveled to the tense zone dividing the two Koreas, where he warned North Korea's leaders that after years of testing the US and South Korea with its nuclear ambitions, "the era of strategic patience is over".
Moscow's reaction follows a notable drop in enthusiasm in Russia's state-dominated media for the Trump administration.
Global observers have warned that over the past decade North Korea has become adept at circumventing the United Nations sanctions, particularly so-called dual-use equipment that has both military and civilian applications. However, the missile apparently malfunctioned, exploding almost immediately after launch, the U.S. Pacific Command said in an email statement.
Pence, on a 10-day Asia trip that will also take him to Indonesia and Australia, said Trump hopes China will use its leverage to get its longtime ally North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons program.
The dialogue was set up by President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during the Japanese leader's visit to the U.S.in February. He said his country "is ready to react to any mode of war desired by the U.S".
Pressure on North Korea is crucial, the prime minister said.
The issue at the core of the situation is North Korea's nuclear and missile programme which has progressed steadily through decades despite threats, pressures and various other actions by the United States and other countries. "We are fully prepared to handle it", Han said.
The program has been in development with Japan and is aimed at shooting down intermediate-range North Korean missiles that pose a threat to the U.S. ally.
USA is destabilizing the situation on the Korean peninsula and a thermonuclear war may break out in the region at any moment, the North Korean ambassador to the UN, Kim In Ryong told reporters on Monday.
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