NORTH KOREAN PROVOCATION: U.S VICE PRESIDENT PENCE AFFRIMS END TO 'STRATEGIC PATIENCE' ON NORTH KOREA.

Gen. Vincent Brooks briefing U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence paid a surprise visit to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on his trip to South Korea where he affirmed to put to an end to what he called a policy of "strategic patience" on North Korea. He said,

 

"The era of strategic patience is over, President Trump has made it clear that the patience of the United States and our allies in this region has run out and we want to see change. We want to see North Korea abandon its reckless path of the development of nuclear weapons, and also its continual use and testing of ballistic missiles is unacceptable."

 

 The commander of U.S. Forces Korea Gen. Vincent Brooks, briefed him as he landed at Camp Bonifas on a helicopter, and then went on to visit the Freedom House observation post in the Korean DMZ.

 

Pence heaped praises on the "Unshakeable Bond" between the American and the Korean people, while addressing reporters at the Camp Bonifas. He said,

 

"My father served in the Korean war with the U.S. Army, and on the way here, we actually saw some of the terrain my father fought alongside Korean forces to help earn your freedom," Pence said. "It’s a great honour to be with all of our forces."

 

 His visit comes just a day after North Korea's failed missile launch, and one month since Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's visit to the DMZ, where he was notably photographed by a North Korean soldier standing on the other side of an observation post.