On Sunday, just one day after parading possible new missiles in its capital, North Korea tried to launch a missile.
"North Korea showing a variety of offensive missiles at yesterday's military parade and daring to fire a ballistic missile today is a show of force that threatens the whole world", South Korea's Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
The official said that had it been a nuclear test, "other actions would have been taken by the U.S".
The North has warned of a nuclear strike against the United States if provoked.
According to US Pacific Command, the missile launched at 5:21 p.m. We don't need to expend any resources against that."The adviser said the missile's flight lasted four or five seconds".
Pence told the military members that he had spoken twice with President Donald Trump during the day.
South Korea's top presidential advisor for security affairs, Kim Kwan-jin, planned to convene a meeting of national security council at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Sunday morning.
South Korean and USA intelligence officials are trying to determine what type of missile was used Sunday, but it was described as a land-based missile.
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Details of what appeared to be new inter ballistic missiles were displayed at the parade.
That missile flew about 60 km (40 miles) but what USA officials said appeared to be a liquid-fuelled, extended-range Scud missile only travelled a fraction of its range before spinning out of control.
Kim has overseen three nuclear tests and a string of missile and rocket launches since taking over after the death of his father, dictator Kim Jong Il, in late 2011.
On Friday, China again called for talks to defuse the crisis.
North Korea's move comes amid simmering tensions between the USA and the rogue state over its nuclear weapons program.
That was the site of a ballistic missile test earlier this month, in which the projectile fell into the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea.
However, he said the failure showed that Pyongyang missile technology was flawed.
Pence landed in South Korea at the start of a 10-day trip to Asia and was quickly confronted with the stakes facing the United States as Pyongyang seeks to flex its muscles around the birth anniversary of the country's late founder and advance the regime's nuclear and missile capabilities.
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