Saber Ballul, head of the Department of the Political Faculty of the University of Damascus of Syria, said the founding of the DPRK made it possible for the Korean people to become an independent people and the DPRK an independent country.

The DPRK has turned into an invincible fortress defending and materializing the demand and interests of the people and made every effort to develop science and technology, achieving world-startling achievements in all fields including politics, economy and culture, he noted, and went on:

The DPRK is a genuine country for the people.

The Korean people are enjoying a happy life thanks to the popular policies of the state, not knowing what "tax" is.

The DPRK is a country of single-minded unity admired and envied by the world.

Julio Cesar Pantigoso Barretto, chairman of the Chiclayo and Trujillo Branch of the Peru-Korea Institute of Culture and Friendship, said:

I sincerely wish the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un greater success in his noble work on the occasion of September 9.

The might of the DPRK has further increased under his leadership.

The Korean people are registering great achievements in building a socialist power.

This is greatly encouraging the world progressive people.