Top foreign policymakers of the U.S. and China spoke with each other by phone on Sunday to discuss heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula, following Pyongyang’s botched attempt to launch another ballistic missile earlier in the day.
 
China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency said China’s State Councilor Yang Jiechi and U.S. State Secretary Rex Tillerson exchanged views on the situation on the Korean Peninsula in a phone call on Sunday.
 
Xinhua said the two also discussed the implementations of the agreements made during the U.S.-China summit meeting in Florida earlier this month.
 
The U.S. Pacific Command said that North Korea launched a missile near Sinpo on the east coast early Sunday, but it exploded in midair shortly after the launch. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrived in South Korea later in the day to begin his three-day visit to the country. 

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