Khabarovsk Ekspres on December 15 last year carried an article titled "Snow and Kim Jong Il" illustrated with his photo.

It said that it is the snow which comes to one's mind before anything else when thinking of the life of Chairman of the National Defence Commission Kim Jong Il, highly praising the noble and genuine life of Kim Jong Il who was born in Mt. Paektu in the snowy February and parted with the people in the snowy December forever.

Komsomolskaya Pravda on December 16 last year dedicated one whole page to an article titled "Fourth anniversary of demise of Chairman of the National Defence Commission Kim Jong Il" illustrated with a portrait of smiling Kim Jong Il.

It introduced the Korean people who have hastened the dynamic advance to eternally glorify his revolutionary career and exploits and thoroughly carry out his behests over the past four years since his demise.