The Khabarovsk Territorial Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation carried articles including the one titled "Mt. Paektu and Kim Jong Il" illustrated with his photo.

An article titled "Third anniversary of demise of Chairman of National Defence Commission Kim Jong Il" said the Korean people have remained loyal to him with noble moral obligation for the leader.

Marshal Kim Jong Un is standing in the van of the Korean people in their struggle to translate into a reality the idea and desire of Kim Jong Il, regarding his last instructions as guidelines, the article stressed.

The Group for the Study of Juche Philosophy and Songun Politics of Malta carried articles including the one titled "Leader Kim Jong Il will live forever."

They praised him as the greatest thinker and theoretician who developed in depth in an all-round way the Juche idea, Songun idea founded by President Kim Il Sung, and the master of leadership who ushered in the great heyday of prosperity unprecedented in the history of the Korean nation.

They stressed Kim Jong Il is alive in the hearts of the Koreans and other progressives.