They expressed their yearning and reverence for the peerlessly great man in the messages and letters sent on the occasion of the 28th anniversary of his demise.

The chairperson of the Finnish National Committee for the Study of the Juche Idea said:

President Kim Il Sung organized and led the struggle against the Japanese imperialism to victory, founded the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and guided the Korean people to the great victory in the Fatherland Liberation War.

Though Korea faced many difficulties, he had always rendered much assistance to the anti-imperialist struggle by all the oppressed nations of the world.

He was not only the great thinker-theoretician but also the great master in practice.

The chairman of the Study Forum for Self-Reliance of Nepal noted that President Kim Il Sung founded the great Juche idea in the course of exploring a new path of the Korean revolution which was arduous and complicated.

The President went among the people to start his revolutionary activities, and devoted his all to their freedom and liberation, always finding himself among them, the chairman stressed.

The chairman of the Ethiopian National Committee for the Study of Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism praised Kim Il Sung as the great sun of the Korean nation who built people-centered socialism and a prominent elder statesman of the world who greatly contributed to the human cause of independence through his energetic external activities. The exploits of the President will be immortal and his august name will be kept forever in the hearts of the world people, the chairman said.

The chief of the Madrid Group for the Study of the Juche Idea in Spain said:

H.E. President Kim Il Sung was a great revolutionary who devoted his all to the wellbeing of the popular masses, the socialist cause and the cause of global independence.

We are quite sure that the Workers' Party of Korea and the Korean people under the distinguished guidance of Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Un will achieve brilliant successes in the struggle to translate into reality H.E.

Kim Il Sung's desire for building a powerful socialist country.