Kim vows North Korea’s nukes are not on negotiation table

By FOSTER KLUG and HYUNG-JIN KIM
SEOUL, South Korea  — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed Wednesday his nation will “demonstrate its mettle to the U.S.” and never put its weapons programs up for negotiations, a day after successfully testing its first intercontinental ballistic missile.
The hard line suggests that North Korea will conduct more weapons tests until it perfects nuclear-armed missiles capable of striking anywhere in the United States. Analysts say Kim&rsquo