The Khabarovsk Territorial Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in an article praised the President for achieving the historic cause of Korea's liberation and founding the DPRK, the first people's democratic state in the East.

The South African Group for the Study of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism in an article captioned "Kim Il Sung, benefactor of Korea's liberation " said that the Korean people actively turned out in the sacred struggle for the liberation of the country, holding him in high esteem as the sun of the nation. Under his leadership the Korean people greeted the historical day of Korea's liberation, the article added.

The Brazilian Committee for Solidarity with the DPRK in an article said that the anti-Japanese armed struggle led by the President was a legendary guerrilla struggle unprecedented in the world history. The President's legendary guerrilla struggle was well known to the world at that time, the article said, adding: His great personality as a legendary guerrilla commander will go down in history.