Vice-President Mike Pence is pushing South Korea to adopt a more hawkish stance toward North Korea, as he arrived in the country Thursday ahead of the Winter Olympics. Pence met with President Moon Jae-in to advocate a clear-eyed approach toward his bellicose, nuclear-armed neighbour, warning against North Korean “propaganda” around the games. But privately, officials said Pence expressed concern to Moon about his more conciliatory tone toward North Korea. At the same time, the vice-president has deliberately left the door open to a possible encounter with North Korean officials expected to be in attendance. “As we speak, an estimated 100,000 North Korean citizens labour in modern-day gulags,” Pence said.

Source: National Post February 08, 2018 07:39 UTC