The Nepali paper Arpan carried a special write-up titled "Great man of the century", illustrated with a portrait of the smiling President.

The paper said:

The President was the great man and the great leader whom the Korean people acclaimed for the first time in the history spanning thousands of years.

Born into a family which was patriotic and revolutionary generation after generation, he wisely led the Korean people in their historic struggle for a long time since he embarked on the road of revolution for the country's liberation in his teens.

He was an outstanding thinker and theoretician whom no one can match as he opened the era of Juche by founding the immortal Juche idea which holds the highest and most brilliant place in the history of human thought.

He performed great exploits on behalf of the country, revolution, era and mankind.

And he founded the Workers' Party of Korea, the revolutionary party of Juche type, on the basis of the political philosophy centered on the popular masses and built a state for them.

He realized the single-minded unity of the whole society with his benevolent politics of love and trust and made great contributions to national reunification and the cause of global independence.

The British paper The New Worker in an article titled "In memory of Comrade Kim Il Sung" gave a detailed account of colorful events held in the DPRK and worldwide to praise his revolutionary career and exploits on the occasion of the anniversary of his demise.