U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visits Korea in mid-April, the Foreign Ministry here said Thursday.

It will be Pence's first visit to Asia since he took office.

During his stay on April 16-18, he is expected to meet with acting president Hwang Kyo-ahn to discuss a wide range of issues, not least the North Korean nuclear and missile threat and the deployment of a U.S. Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense battery here. He then flies to Japan.

