The Bangladeshi paper Natun Bangla on July 1 carried an article titled "People's leader".

18 years have passed since the President passed away, but the Korean people are holding him in high esteem as the eternal leader, the article said, adding:

Regarding it as his maxim to believe in people as in Heaven, he turned the DPRK into a tax-free country and a country where free healthcare and free compulsory educational system are in force. The feats he performed by building a genuine socialist system centered on the popular masses in the DPRK will shine forever.

The Indonesian paper Suara Karya on June 29 carried an article titled "August name of President Kim Il Sung is shining as the sun".

It noted:

The august name of the President, the founder of socialist Korea, means the sun. His august name always shines like the sun. It is shining as a symbol of national liberation and the era of independence.

The paper introduced in detail the fact that he wisely led the struggle against domination and subjugation worldwide and the struggle for the independence of the country, nation and popular masses.

His august name is also shining as a symbol of noble virtues, sense of obligation and banner of eternal victory.