North Korea's last two missile tests ended in failure, raising questions whether the US military could be using cyber methods to disrupt North Korea tests, CNN reported.
There has been much discussion in Washington about Pence's short visit to the demilitarized zone, where he stood outside the Freedom House on the South Korean side of the border and stared into North Korea.
Washington had billed Pence's visit to Jakarta as a booster for a strategic partnership between the world's second- and third-largest democracies, but a raft of bilateral disputes with US companies could sap the goodwill from his trip.
Pence also acknowledged Tokyo is under constant threat from Pyongyang's military provocations.
Trump's decision to scrap the ambitious 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal championed by former president Barack Obama was a blow to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who expended substantial political capital to get the accord passed at home.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence will be visiting the Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta on Thursday as part of his visit to Indonesia.
"The United States of America will always seek peace but under President Trump, the shield stands guard and the sword stands ready", he told some 2,500 sailors gathered on the flight deck.
But the revelation could be damaging to the U.S. position in Asia, experts say, as it feeds the idea that President Trump cannot always be taken at his word.
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Pence said Trump would be attending a summit with the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, in the Philippines in November.
"While all options are on the table", Pence said, "President Trump is determined to work closely with Japan, with South Korea, with all our allies in the region, and with China" to resolve the problem.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence vowed to strike back in the event of a North Korea attack against Japan.
The U.S. auto industry and agricultural organizations are pressuring the U.S. administration to demand that Japan open up its markets, an effort that is gaining steam. Japan and the USA seem to have different ideas on how to take their trading relationship forward.
The U.S.is trying to ratchet up pressure on North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs.
South Korea's trade surplus with the USA was US$4.4 billion (RM19.4 billion) in the first three months of this year, down from US$6.6 billion during the same period in 2016, according to Korea customs office data. In that time span, North Korea has engaged in at least five missile tests, the most recent of which resulted in failure this past weekend.
He also said, "We are with you 100 percent", adding that the USA always seeks peace.
"I think this is a common aspiration of the countries and a realistic way to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue", added Wang.
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