US Vice President Mike Pence has said Washington will soon unveil its “toughest sanctions ever” on North Korea to force it to abandon its nuclear and missile programs.
“I’m announcing today that the United States will soon unveil the toughest and most aggressive round of economic sanctions on North Korea ever,” Pence said Wednesday during a joint press conference with Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe in Tokyo.
“All options are on the table and the US has deployed some of our most advanced military assets to Japan and the wider region to protect our homeland and our allies and we will continue to,” he added.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has taken a more conciliatory tone in the past month, calling for detente with South Korea and has accepted an invitation for his country to participate in the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, which is billed as the “peace Olympics.”
During the press conference, Abe saidthat other countries…