Pyongyang, December 24 (KCNA) -- A mourners group of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan led by Vice-Chairman of its Central Standing Committee Nam Sung U arrived here Saturday to express condolences over the demise of leader Kim Jong Il.

Arrivals on the same day included a mourners group of the General Association of Koreans in China led by Chairwoman Choe Un Bok, a mourners group of the Federation of Koreans in the U.S. led by President Yun Kil Sang, An Hyang Jin, vice-chairwoman of the United Confederation of Koreans in Russia, and Ro Kil Nam, delegate of Minjok Thongsin, an Internet paper of Koreans in the U.S.

Arriving on the same day were families of Ri Jae Dok and So Sun Ok, anti-Japanese revolutionary fighters in China, the family of Ri Kwan Rin who was related to the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle in China, and Jong Il Sim, Korean residing in Russia.