The International Alliance of Societies for the Study of the Juche Idea and Songun Policy in East European and Central Asian Regions posted an article titled "Leader Kim Jong Il's Distinguished Ideo-theoretical Activities" with his photo on Feb. 22.

The article said that Kim Jong Il turned the DPRK into an invincible socialist power, consolidated the single-minded unity of its society and trained the Korean people to be those strong in idea and faith through his extraordinary ideo-theoretical activities.

The Socialist Youth Union of Brazil posted a feature article with a photo of President Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Suk, an anti-Japanese war hero, on Feb. 16.

The world knows no such great man as Kim Jong Il who was born of a legendary guerilla family under extraordinary environment, the article said, adding: During the last Korean War he acquired at the table for mapping out plan of operations of the Supreme Command the mysterious tactics of Kim Il Sung who inflicted a crushing defeat on the U.S. boasting of being the "strongest" in the world for the first time in history.

The Poland-DPRK Association carried a photo of Kim Jong Il and an article on his feats performed to realize the long-cherished desire of the people on Feb. 16.

The Czech Group for the Study and Materialization of the Juche Idea and the Paektusan Czech-Korean Friendship Association posted on their joint Internet homepage pictures of Kim Jong Il's birthplace in the Paektusan secret camp, Jong Il Peak, the monument inscribed with the poem "Bright Star" in the secret camp, Lake Chon on Mt. Paektu, etc.