They included the president of the People's Republic of China who is general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, president of the Russian Federation, president of Nepal, president of Laos who is general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, president of Lebanon, president of Mongolia, emir of Kuwait, chief of the Palestinian National Authority who is president of Palestine and chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, president of Tajikistan, president of Turkmenistan, president of Armenia, king of Jordan, president of Indonesia, president of Yemen, president of Vietnam, captains regent of San Marino, president of Guinea, president of Namibia, president of Rwanda, president of Mali, president of Algeria, president of Uganda, president of Egypt and the president of Ethiopia.

Kim Jong Un also sent New Year cards to the prime minister of India, co-chairman of the Council of the Kim Il Sung-Kim Jong Il Foundation, UN secretary general and the governor of the Khabarovsk Territory Administration of Russia.