The Bangladeshi paper Blits said that the women in the DPRK are leading a worthwhile life with equal rights with men as full-fledged mistresses of the country and society.

The international secretary of the Communist Party of Peru "Red Motherland" noted that the Korean women are the happiest in the world, adding that they are pushing one of the two wheels of the revolutionary chariot and taking an active part in defending the country and building a thriving socialist nation.

The Russian paper Patriot said the social status of the Korean women stands out in sharp contrast to that of those in the capitalist countries who are subject to unbearable gender discrimination, heavy burdens and miserable sexual slavery.

The Brazilian paper Hora do Povo noted that the women in the DPRK take an active part in the political life as exemplified by their honor of being elected as deputies to the Supreme People's Assembly. They play important roles in different fields including industry, agriculture, national defence, education, literature and arts, the paper added.

The British paper The New Worker said that the Korean women take part in social life free from any inconveniences as their children are taken care of at state expense.

Flash, the magazine of the Asia-Pacific Regional Office of the World Federation of Trade Unions, said that the Korean women, who had been subject to contempt and ill-treatment in the past, serve as proud and powerful force in carrying out the Songun revolution.

ITAR-TASS of Russia noted that the Korean women receive warm congratulations on the International Women's Day.

A member of the Japanese Society for the Study of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism said that the dignity and personalities of the women are fully ensured in the DPRK, adding that he was deeply impressed to see the Korean women full of pride.