The Lao newspaper Congtap Pasason Lao said in an article that Kim Jong Il is the eternal chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK, adding he established the state machinery with the NDC as its pivot, firmly provided a legal guarantee for the Songun politics and thus laid a foundation for the DPRK to prosper forever.

The Lao newspaper Heng Ngan carried a similar article.

The Congolese paper Le Patriot in an article noted that the Korean people will glorify the Seventh Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea, which will be a historical landmark in accomplishing the revolutionary cause of Juche, as a glorious one of victors.

The Congolese newspaper La Semaine Africaine carried a special write-up praising the exploits of Kim Jong Il and Marshal Kim Jong Un.

An Angolan paper carried an article praising Kim Jong Il's feats for national reunification.