Article snippet: Vice President Mike Pence engaged in a game of parade one-upmanship on Friday as he spoke to reporters in South Korea ahead of the opening ceremonies for the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Pence was asked about Thursday's military parade in Donald Trump's interest in holding such a parade himself. "I think any opportunity we have to celebrate the men and women of the armed forces of the United States is a great day," Pence said, supporting Trump's request to plan a military parade. "I heartily support the president's call to celebrate our military." But Pence continued, calling the North Korean parade "an ongoing provocation." "Make no mistake about it, what we witnessed in Pyongyang, and we witnessed again yesterday, on the eve of the Olympics -- what [South Korean] President Moon [Jae-in] said last night, he hopes will be an Olympics of peace -- was once again an effort on the part of the regime in Pyongyang to display their ballistic missiles, to display a military that continues to make menacing threats across the region and across the wider world. "I think in the United States of America, just as in France -- where the president was impressed on had said they would "see what happens" when asked about a potential meeting earlier in the week, but the North's foreign ministry shot down any chance of talks on Thursday. North Korea's delegation, led by Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, arrived to a sea of press in South Kore... Link to the full article to read more