Fiery rhetoric continues to come out of North Korea for the third day since the United Nations resolution condemning that country's December 12th rocket launch.

On Friday, North Korea sent a stern message to its southern counterpart, South Korea. “Now that the South Korean puppet conservative group is more desperately kicking up a racket against the D.P.R.K. over its nuclear and missile issues with the U.S., there will be no more discussion on denuclearization between the North and the South in the future,” North Korea said. “As long as the South Korean puppet group of traitors persistently pursues a hostile policy toward the D.P.R.K., we will never negotiate with anyone.”

The North Korean government also stated today that, “If the puppet group of traitors takes a direct part in the U.N. ‘sanctions,’ the DPRK will take strong physical counter-measures against it,” the North’s Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea said, referring to the South.

The North also stated that the 1992 joint declaration banning nuclear weapons and the pursuit of them on the Korean Peninsula invalid.

Although North Korea’s threats against its southern neighbor are seen as bluster in the international community, the North does on occasion follow up with military attacks such as the shelling in 2010 of a border island between the two nations as well as the sinking of a South Korean warship that same year that killed 46 sailors.

Calling the United States their “Sworn Enemy,” on Thursday, North Korea said that it would continue with future rocket launches and perform a third nuclear test. It also said that it did not feel the need to hide the fact that their intentions with the development of rockets and nuclear weapons were to “target” the United States. This is a departure from previous statements that stated that their rocket launches were for peaceful technology such as launching satellites into space to aid in mapping and farming.

Although Japan’s Defense Ministry experts say that the North Korean rockets presumably have the range of 6,200 miles and could strike the west coast of the United States as well as all of Alaska, it is also pointed out that the North Koreans lack the technology to fit those rockets with a launchable nuclear payload.

Yesterday, the South Korean Defense Ministry stated that after studying recent satellite imagery, it could be that the nuclear testing facility has been completed and a test could happen at any time. The ministry says that it is possible that they are just waiting for the go-ahead from the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

“We are very concerned with North Korea’s continuing provocative behavior,” Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said at a Pentagon news conference.

“We are fully prepared … to deal with any kind of provocation from the North Koreans. But I hope in the end that they determine that it is better to make a choice to become part of the international family.”

China, North Korea’s only benefactor, although not happy with North Korean’s actions and dialogue, called for calm on the Korean Peninsula. At a daily news briefing, spokesman Hong Lei said, “The current situation on the Korea peninsula is complicated and sensitive,” spokesman Hong Lei said.

“We hope all relevant parties can see the big picture, maintain calm and restraint, further maintain contact and dialogue, and improve relations, while not taking actions to further complicate and escalate the situation,” Hong said.