They were Huan Qiu Shibao, Beijing Daily, Cankao Xiaoxi, internet homepages of China, Bangkok Post, Milliyet of Turkey, Al-Ahram and Al Ahbar of Egypt. They featured the above-said news with photos of Kim Jong Un.

Other media reported similar news. They were Renmin Ribao, Jiefang Ribao, Jilin Ribao, Heilongjiang Ribao and Dandong Ribao of China, the Hong Kong paper South China Morning Post, Chinese internet homepages Xinhua Network and Baodao Network, Chinese Central TV, Phoenix Satellite TV of Hong Kong, Voice of Russia, the Russian papers Trud and Moscow Post, Russian internet homepages including Gazeta. Ru, Pravda. Ru, News. Ru, Polit. Ru, Asiatski Reportsor and Amur Media, Vietnamese internet news service VN Express, Lao News Agency, Pars News Agency of Iran, Myanmar News Agency, Mongolian News Agency (Montsame), the Malaysian papers Utusan Malaysia and Star, the Singaporean paper Straits Times, the Indian papers Asian Age, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Times of India and Statesman, the Turkish papers Sabah and Hurriyet Daily News, Sakirmata TV Broadcasting Service of Nepal, Al-Jazeera Satellite Television of Qatar, the Polish papers Gazeta Wyborcza and Rzeczpospolita, various

Polish internet homepages, Euro News of Italy, AFP, ARD TV and Euro News TV Radio of Germany and the German paper Die Welt.