Zavtra, Byvor, Komsomolskaya Pravda, Pravda Primoriya, Nakhodkinski Rabochi and other papers introduced the revolutionary career, exploits and popular traits of the President and the April Spring Friendship Art Festival held splendidly in Pyongyang on his birth anniversary in articles titled "The sun of the nation", "What made President Kim Il Sung win praise as a great man", "The benevolent image of Comrade Kim Il Sung" and "The eternal sun of Juche".

The April issue of Serp I Molot praised the enormous exploits of the President for the country and the people in an article titled "The Day of the Sun celebrated in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on April 15".