Pence is on a 10-day Asia-Pacific tour that has been dominated by the North Korea issue.
Pence declined to comment when asked if the US used cyberattacks to thwart the North's latest missile launches.
Pence is halfway through his four-nation Asia trip, and concerns over North Korea have been dominant. He said the Trump administration's plans to simplify the US tax code and cut the corporate tax rate will "benefit every business represented here today". He says the Trump administration's plans to simplify the USA tax code and cut the corporate tax rate will "benefit every business represented here today".
The U.S. Pacific Command said in a statement Wednesday that the USS Carl Vinson strike group is heading to the western Pacific "as a prudent measure".
The United States is not seeking to negotiate with North Korea and it is not in direct talks "at this time" with the rogue Asian nation, Vice President Mike Pence told CNN and the Washington Post Wednesday.
The U.S. military says an aircraft carrier participated in curtailed training with Australia before starting its journey north toward the Korean Peninsula.
On Tuesday, Pence reassured Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that the USA stands "100 percent" behind Japan in working to reign in North Korea's nuclear program, after arriving in Japan from South Korea.
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North Korea conducted another banned missile test Sunday - although it reportedly failed nearly immediately after launch - the same day that North Korean state television broadcast an official concert celebrating the birthday of the country's founder Kim Il Sung, which featured graphics depicting a catastrophic missile strike on the U.S.
"As we approach the 100-day mark, the American people are going to be able to look back and see the presidency of Donald Trump and the determination and put in practice all the things that we can", he said.
To mark the 105th birthday of Kim Il-sung, the grandfather of current North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, North Korea's state television aired footage of a choral performance followed by a video showing numerous missiles targeting USA cities.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, waves as he delivers remarks on the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, April 19, 2017.
"If the United States is planning a military attack against us, we will react with a nuclear pre-emptive strike by our own style and method", Vice-Foreign Minister Han Song-ryol told the BBC on Monday. He visited South Korea earlier and will head to Indonesia after his stop in Japan.
Pence cited China's decision to return coal imports from North Korea as an example showing US strategy is bearing fruit.
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