Pyongyang, December 25 (KCNA) -- The world is expressing condolences over the demise of leader Kim Jong Il in great grief, the south Korean Internet paper Jaju Minbo reported on Dec. 23.

Super senior leaders of China mourned the demise of Chairman of the National Defence Commission of the DPRK Kim Jong Il with the greatest courtesy, the paper said.

The wind of mourning is getting hotter among the Chinese people day by day in particular, it noted. Posted on Internet of China were hundreds of articles and poems mourning Kim Jong Il.

This is because they were captivated by his politics and charisma, it said.

The United Nations officially declared mourning time and observed it, the paper said, adding that the residents in the north must be mourning his demise in bitterer grief.

It hoped that the "government" and people of south Korea would share the pain with the compatriots in the north with sincerity as fellow countrymen.