The Group for Study of the Progressive Ideas of South Africa carried the full text of the joint editorial in its bulletin on Jan. 4.

The bulletin in the preface said that all the servicepersons and people of the DPRK have turned out in the general offensive to open the gate to a great prosperous and powerful nation at any cost in 2012 marking the centenary of birth of President Kim Il Sung, father of socialist Korea, by giving fullest play to their mental power to effect great innovations and leap forward in all fields of the society including politics, military affairs, economy, science and technology and literature and arts.

Kim Jong Il, supreme leader of the Korean people, is standing in the van of the said drive, the bulletin noted, expressing warm welcome and full support for the DPRK's joint editorial.

The Mexican Committee for the Study of Kimilsungism edited in the 34th issue of its bulletin and the Mexican Institute for the Study of the Juche Idea in the 49th issue of its bulletin the main contents of the joint editorial, each with a photo on the evening of fireworks and a photo on columns of mass demonstration.