The News Today on August 13 carried an article titled "Savior of the Korean nation". It said:

The Korean nation was forced the miserable destiny as Japanese imperialists' colonial slaves in the first half of the last century.

It is President Kim Il Sung who liberated the Korean nation.

He embarked on the road of the national liberation struggle in his teens, founded the Juche idea, guiding idea in the era of independence, founded the Korean People's Revolutionary Army and aroused the whole nation to the sacred war for national liberation.

He achieved the cause of national liberation on August 15, 1945 by leading the arduous anti-Japanese armed struggle to victory.

The exploits for national liberation performed by the President, savior of the Korean nation, will be deeply kept in the hearts of the Korean people and progressive mankind.

The Daily Industry on August 14 in an article titled "Historical significance of Korea's liberation" said that the President liberated the country and founded the Workers' Party of Korea, guiding force of hewing out the independent destiny of the popular masses, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in which the people became masters.

The ATN TV broadcasting service introduced the immortal exploits performed by the President for national liberation on August 15 and 16.

It aired the scene of the grand gymnastic and artistic performance "Arirang" and Korean film "Pyongyang Today".