US Offers to Help Make North Korea Prosperous if it Gives Up Nuclear Weapons

A combination photo shows Mike Pompeo (L) in Washington, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) in Pyongyang, North Korea and U.S. President Donald Trump (R), in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., respectively. (Reuters/Yuri Gripas (L) & KCNA handout via Reuters & Kevin Lamarque (R))

Mike Pompeo, the U.S. secretary of state, said that the United States could help North Korea rebuild its economy if the reclusive, communist nation agrees to denuclearize.

The United States will be “prepared to work with North Korea to achieve prosperity on the par with our South Korean friends,” Pompeo told reporters.