MISSILE TEST-FIRED
Pence warns North Korea not to test Trump
Defying international pressure, North Korea on Sunday test-fired another missile
Seoul — US Vice-President Mike Pence warned North Korea on Monday not to test Donald Trump’s resolve, declaring that "all options are on the table" in curbing its missile and nuclear weapons programmes. Defying international pressure, the North on Sunday test-fired another missile as fears grow that the nation may be preparing for its sixth nuclear weapons test. "We hope to achieve this objective [denuclearising the North] through peaceful means, but all options are on the table," Pence told a media conference in the South Korean capital after a trip to the tense border with North Korea. "Just in the past two weeks, the world witnessed the strength and resolve of our new president in actions taken in Syria and Afghanistan," he said. "North Korea would do well not to test his resolve, or the strength of the armed forces of the US in this region." Tensions between North Korea and the US have soared in recent weeks, as a series of North Korean missile tests have prompted ever-more bell...
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