The Lao paper Pasason on April 27 carried an article titled "Invincible KPA" with a photo of Kim Jong Il inspecting a KPA unit.

The article said that the KPA has defended socialism and reliably guaranteed the building of a thriving nation, always emerging victorious in the acute confrontation with the hostile forces for decades.

The main factor of the KPA's Invincibility lies in the distinguished guiding idea and strategy, it said, elaborating on the fact that the KPA has been firmly armed with the Juche-oriented military idea and strategy founded by President Kim Il Sung and steadily developed in depth by Kim Jong Il.

On the same day, another Lao paper Vatelao carried a photo of Kim Jong Il inspecting a KPA unit and an article introducing the inexhaustible might of the KPA.

The April 25th issue of the Syrian paper Al Baath elaborated on the undying feats of Kim Jong Il for army building, saying that his election as NDC chairman marked an important occasion in helping the KPA further display its might as an invincible army.