An article illustrated with photos showing his undying feats, his birthplace in Mangyongdae and the Tower of the Juche Idea was posted on the Irkutsk internet homepage on July 2.

The article said that with the approach of July 8 not only the Korean people but also the world progressives remember with deep emotion the life of the President who performed undying exploits before history and mankind with his outstanding ideas and theories and great revolutionary practices.

Noting that the President turned the DPRK into the socialist power independent in politics, self-supporting in economy and self-reliant in national defence which is centered on the popular masses, the article stressed he was the most prominent leader, peerlessly great man and great sage of mankind representing the 20th century.

The paper Vladivostok on July 6 in an article said that the President built the socialist system centered on the popular masses in Korea and set a good example in accomplishing the human cause of independence with his outstanding guidance. It went on:

He was the most prominent incarnation of benevolence.

History does not know such great man who valued and loved the people so much like the President.

The world progressives highly praise his exploits generation after generation. His idea and cause will last forever.

An article praising his noble traits was posted on a Khabarovsk Territorial internet paper on July 4.