China's Xinhua news on January 1 said that Supreme Commander Kim Jong Un, together with senior officials of the party, state and military organs of the DPRK, visited the Kumsusan Memorial Palace to pay tribute to President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il.

This news was also reported by the People's Daily, Xinhua Daily Telegraph, Beijing Daily, Jilin Daily, Liaoning Daily, Heilongjiang Daily, Phoenix Satellite TV Holdings LTD., Hong Kong and internet homepages of China, Russia's Internet news, Vietnam's newspaper Quan Doi Nhan Dan and TV and radios, Iran's IRNA, the Washington Post and Japan's Kyodo news, Nihon Keizai Shimbun and Tokyo Shimbun between January 1 and 3.