Pyongyang, December 26 (KCNA) -- Newspapers of different countries carried articles on Dec. 21 and 22 over the demise of leader Kim Jong Il.

Russia's paper Zavtra in an article titled "In memory of Comrade Kim Jong Il" said:

The leadership of Comrade Kim Jong Il enabled the DPRK to frustrate the imperialists' moves and stand high in the center of the arena of world politics.

His enormous feat is that he put forward Comrade Kim Jong Un as the successor to the cause of President Kim Il Sung and himself.

He will always be remembered by humankind as he dedicated himself to the interests of the Korean people, human progress and global peace.

Proretaren, a Swedish newspaper, referred to the fact that the Korean people are mourning the demise of Kim Jong Il in bitterest sorrow, adding this eloquently proves that he was the leader always supported by the people.

A Pakistani newspaper in an article noted that the army and people of the DPRK are following Kim Jong Un, vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea, as a beacon of hope. His idea and intention are just the same as those of His Excellency Kim Jong Il, it added.