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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: The Era of Strategic Patience Is Over': Vice President Mike Pence Warns North Korea [Watch (HLS stream): The Era of Strategic Patience Is Over': Vice President Mike Pence Warns North Korea](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/4O8cGUAI.m3u8) (1:44)  _Published 2017-04-17. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence traveled to the tense zone dividing North and South Korea and warned Pyongyang that after years of testing the U.S. and South Korea with its nuclear ambitions, "the era of strategic patience is over."_ --- Jul 27, 2023 9:47 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Mike Pence Addresses Olympics and North Korea At CPAC](/video/Ad0SlUtC/) ### Mike Pence Addresses Olympics and North Korea At CPAC [Mike Pence: U.S. Will Not Rest Until North Korea Gives Up Nuclear Weapons](/video/MbBAukpq/) ### Mike Pence: U.S. Will Not Rest Until North Korea Gives Up Nuclear Weapons [Vice President Mike Pence Warns of North Korea's 'Provocation' Following Failed Missile Launch](/video/jAEoE276/) ### Vice President Mike Pence Warns of North Korea's 'Provocation' Following Failed Missile Launch --- ## Transcript Just in the past few weeks, the world witnessed the strength and resolve of our new president in actions taken in Syria and Afghanistan. North Kora would do well not to test his resolve or the strength of the armed forces of the United States in this region. For more than two decades, the United States and our allies have worked to peacefully dismantle North Korea's nuclear program and alleviate the suffering of their people. But at every step of the way, North Korea answered our overtures with willful deception, broken promises, and nuclear and missile tests. Over the past eighteen months, North Korea has conducted two unlawful nuclear tests and an unprecedented number os ballistic missile tests, even conducting a failed missile launch as I traveled here for this visit. The era of strategic patience is over. On behalf of the President of the United States, my message to the people os South Korea is this: We are with you 100 %. Even in these troubled times, we stand with you for a free and secure future. The United States of America stands shoulder to shoulder with the Republic of Korea, and the service and vigilance of some 37, 500 US Soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines on this Frontier of freedom stands as a testament to the enduring partnership between our people. The alliance between South Korea and the United States is the lynchpin of peace and security on the Korean Peninsula. And indeed, throughout the Asian Pacific. 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