US vice president Kamala Harris caps Asia trip with stop at DMZ dividing Koreas

US vice president Kamala Harris uses binoculars at the military observation post as she visits the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea (Leah Millis/Pool Photo via AP)

US vice president Kamala Harris capped her four-day trip to Asia with a stop at the Demilitarised Zone dividing the Korean Peninsula as she emphasised the “ironclad” US commitment to the security of its Asian allies in the face of an increasingly hostile North Korea.

The visit comes on the heels of North Korea’s latest missile launches and amid concerns that the country may conduct a nuclear test.