The Syrian paper Al Baath in an article titled "HE Kim Jong Un, father of soldiers" said:

Marshal Kim Jong Un, supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, is called the father of soldiers.

He regards the service personnel as the more powerful and precious beings than any modern arms and equipment and has achieved the single-minded unity of the whole army and bolstered up the military capability with his love and trust in them.

This is very clear from his ceaseless inspection of the People's Army units.

He is a tender-hearted father of the soldiers as he looks round different places ranging from soldiers' bedrooms to mess halls, non-staple food stores and wash-cum-bath houses to learn in detail about their living conditions whenever he visits units of the People's Army.

When meeting with soldiers, he kindly asks them about their hometowns and jobs of their parents and urges commanding officers to take care of them like their kith.

For him the service personnel are the dear sons and daughters and comrades and comrades-in-arms sharing will and fate with him.

A newspaper and F.M. 90.5 Radio of Cambodia said that his politics is based on his philosophical thinking, the one firm in resolution and transparent faith and marvelous one as it is unpredictable, and cited a few examples to prove it.