Pyongyang, September 29 (KCNA) -- Messages of condolence were released on the death of Pak Yong Gil, wife of Rev. Mun Ik Hwan, by 13 overseas compatriots' organizations from Sunday to Wednesday.

They included the Overseas Side Committee for Implementing the June 15 Joint Declaration and its regional organizations, the Overseas Headquarters of the Pan-national Alliance for Korea's Reunification and the Association for the Peaceful Reunification of the Country.

The messages said she dedicated all her life to the democratization of society and the reunification of the country.

The soul of patriotism enshrined by her will be always be remembered by the people and will encourage all the fellow countrymen advancing towards independent reunification under the banner of June 15, they noted.

They reiterated their will to wage a vigorous struggle to bring earlier the day of reunification replete with national spirit, an independent new world free from foreign forces, which she desired so ardently.