The July 2nd issue of the Russian newspaper Rio Panorama devoted one whole page to an article titled "Eternal sun" accompanied with the portrait of the smiling President.

It said:

What is the reason that the President is praised as the sun?

It is that he illuminated the road ahead of humankind with sunny beam, created the flower garden of human love and embraced all people with great charisma.

Although the President passed away, his idea and cause will shine forever as the sun does.

The July 2nd issue of the Russian paper Nakhodkinski Rabochi and the seventh issue of another Russian paper Moya Interesnaya Gazeta carried articles under the titles such as "The prominent leader in the 20th century" illustrated with the portrait of the smiling President. The articles introduced the exploits he performed for the Korean revolution and the cause of global independence.

The papers said that the President met nearly 70 000 foreigners with broad generosity and internationalist obligation and that he was presented with a lot of orders, medals, honorary titles and gifts by many heads of state, personages and international bodies even after his demise.