US Vice President Mike Pence speaks Sunday during an Easter fellowship dinner at a military base in Seoul. (Reuters photo)SEOUL - Pledging that the US commitment to South Korea has never been stronger, Vice President Mike Pence is set to meet on Monday with the nation's acting president, the day after North Korea launched a missile that blew up almost immediately. He also talked about his father, who fought in the Korean War, and in 1953 won a Bronze Star for heroism, using the story to illustrate the commitment Americans have to South Korea. Sunday morning failure: Pyongyang missile shot fizzles"As we landed today on the peninsula, I looked out at those rolling hills, and I thought about Second Lieutenant Edward J Pence," Pence said. It's the second foreign trip for Pence as vice president.

Source: Bangkok Post April 16, 2017 15:00 UTC