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President pence with a visit to the cemetery, the national cemetery here to honor those who fought. he then came here to meet with troops, but it gets serious after this point. he goes on to meet with the acting president of the south korea. from here, he'll go on to tokyo, where he'll meet with the prime minister. they'll be tackling head on the question about what to do to counter the growing north korean nuclear threat. you have another provocation again from north korea this morning, that failed missile launch. what they're really talking about now is a wider view, the long-term strategy, ...

Valor. this, of course, an incredible time that the vice president lands, just after north korea tested another missile. for more about that and this trip, let's go to ivan watson now in the region. >> thank you, natalie. north korean state media so far have not reported on pyongyang's failed missile test early sunday. south korea says the rocket was launched from the north korean port of sinpo on the east coast. the u.s. military says it blew up immediately so there wasn't much time to gather data. this latest provocation came just hours before u.s. vice president mike pence arrived in seoul ...

As a deterrent against provocation from pyongyang. all indications we're getting from washington right now are that there really won't be a reaction. they have acknowledged that a failed test happened. really, there will be no response beyond that. the thinking there is that there's no need to give any more attention to kim jong-un, no more focus to pyongyang at this moment because of this failed attempt, which again flouts so many sanctions that have been handed down. this is the fifth attempt at a ballistic missile launch just since the start of the year, as well as last year's unprecedented...

Arrived in south korea a short time ago. his plane landed in seoul just hours after the latest provocation from pyongyang, north korea. early sunday, the regime of kim jong-un tried but failed to test another missile. south korean officials say the launch attempt was made from the port city of sinpo on the east coast. a u.s. official says the land-based rocket malfunctioned almost immediately and exploded. cnn correspondents are covering these developments all across asia. alexandra field is live in seoul. matt rivers is in beijing. and will ripley is one of the few western journalists in nort...