Pyongyang, December 21 (KCNA) -- The Korean people's voices yearning for leader Kim Jong Il are growing louder as they are overwhelmed by great sorrow at the loss of the benevolent father of the nation.

Jon Hyang Mi, 25, woman instructor of the Samjiyon Schoolchildren's Palace in Ryanggang Province, said with tears in her eyes:

Where should I lay this bouquet?

Kim Jong Il prevented officials from erecting his statue not only in the capital city of Pyongyang but also in Ryanggang Province. What a great pity it is! We wailed yearning for the father.

Sok Yong Chol, 37, man instructor of the Hanggu District People's Committee in Nampho City, said that he saw Kim Jong Il lying in state in the Kumsusan Memorial Palace on TV.

No one on earth has been so simple as Kim Jong Il who always wore an ordinary jumper and passed away on a running train in the middle of tour for field guidance, he added.

Kim Chun Sil, 31, a woman work-team chief of the Kaesong Textile Mill, said: "We produce a lot of cloth every day, but we failed to make him a new dress with good cloth. This makes us feel compunction.

"I failed to make sincerer devotion to Kim Jong Il, but I will do my best to hold Comrade Kim Jong Un in higher esteem."