Vishwanath, secretary general of the International Kim Il Sung Prize Council and the International Kim Jong Il Prize Council and director-general of the International Institute of the Juche Idea, was quoted in the Indian paper Indian and World Event as saying that HE Kim Jong Il was a man who was from heaven to serve mankind and such a great man is born only once in several centuries.

The British Association for the Study of Songun Policy posted on its website the following article:

Comrade Kim Jong Il is the great successor to the revolutionary cause of Juche pioneered by Comrade Kim Il Sung.

Thanks to the Songun politics pursued by Kim Jong Il, the DPRK could step up the socialist construction vigorously, holding higher the red flag of the revolution.

The Cambodian paper Nokor Thom Daily said that when many countries underwent political upheavals, HE Kim Jong Il published "Socialism Is a Science" and other immortal works to prove the scientific accuracy and truth of socialism and the inevitability of its victory.

The Nigerian paper Nigerian Observer said that HE Kim Jong Il bolstered up the defense capacity of the country under the unfurled banner of Songun and thus frustrated the aggressive war moves of the imperialists.

The Thai paper Xing San Daily said that leader Kim Jong Il devoted himself to the prosperity of socialist Korea true to the intention of President Kim Il Sung.