Media carried portraits of smiling President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il and photos of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.

The August 17th issue of the Russian newspaper Byvor said that Korea, once eclipsed on the world map, could turn into an invincible power which no one can provoke thanks to the founding of the DPRK and today the Korean people are making a dynamic advance while making fresh successes day by day, remaining unfazed in face of any provocations by hostile forces with the might of the single-minded unity.

The August 16th issue of the newspaper Nakhodkinski Rabochi said:

President Kim Il Sung founded the DPRK and dedicated his all to its prosperity.

Chairman Kim Jong Il further strengthened the power of the DPRK by carrying forward the idea and cause of President Kim Il Sung.

A Russian internet news said:

Korea characterized by centuries-old backwardness and poverty in the past could develop as now entirely thanks to the great leaders.

The DPRK will be more prosperous thanks to Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un who is enjoying admiration as the most prominent political leader in the present times.

The 340th issue of the Czech newspaper Dialog noted that the DPRK has fully demonstrated the validity and vitality of the Juche idea founded by President Kim Il Sung and developed and enriched by Chairman Kim Jong Il.