Pyongyang, December 21 (KCNA) -- South Korean Internet newspaper Saram Ilbo posted an article titled "We express condolences over demise of Kim Jong Il, chairman of the National Defence Commission" on Tuesday as regards his demise.

The article expressed profound condolences over the sudden demise of Kim Jong Il due to a sudden illness.

It praised Kim Jong Il for securing meetings with preceding "presidents" of south Korea for the first time in the history of national division and providing a framework for the development of south-north relations, peace and prosperity through the adoption of the historic June 15 joint declaration and the October 4 declaration which inherited it.

It is quite natural to express condolences over the demise of Kim Jong Il and pay a condolatory visit, it noted.

Expressing condolences once again, the article looked forward to the "government's" official expression of condolences and dispatch of mourners' group.