With the 2018 Winter Olympics slated to begin on Friday, North and South Korea continue to use the games as an opportunity to de-escalate tensions on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea has sent a 500-person delegation of athletes, musicians and performers to Pyeongchang, South Korea, where the games are being held. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sister will also attend Friday’s opening ceremony. But as the peninsula tries to de-escalate the threat of nuclear war, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence warned the U.S. is slated to impose another round of sanctions against North Korea. This is Pence speaking in Japan.

Vice President Mike Pence: “We will not allow North Korean propaganda to hijack the message and imagery of the Olympic Games. … We will continue to intensify our maximum pressure campaign until North Korea takes concrete steps toward complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization. … To that end, I am announcing today that the United States of America will soon unveil the toughest and most aggressive round of economic sanctions on North Korea ever.”