Pyongyang, December 27 (KCNA) -- Koreans in China visited the DPRK embassy in Beijing to express condolences over the demise of leader Kim Jong Il.

They included Jo Yong Hwan, chairman of the Zhongnan Regional Association of the General Association of Koreans in China, and its vice-chairmen; Choe Su Jin, general manager of the Heilongjiang Provincial National Economic Development General Company; Choe Song Ae, director of the Beijing Paeksin Technological Development Investment Co. Ltd.; Pak Chol Su, president of the Korea Taepung International Investment Group; and other officials and members of the compatriots' organizations and corporations and their members, families, Kim Chol, chairman of the Association for the Study of Koryo Culture and Economy in Beijing, To Hui Jong, chairman of the Association of Korean Veteran Teachers in Beijing, and its members, family of Prof. Jong Ki Ryol of Qinghua University, and other compatriots.

They laid wreaths and bouquets before the portrait of Kim Jong Il and paid silent tribute to him.

They made entries in the mourners' book.

Expressing deep condolences over his demise, they wrote that they have never thought of the country without him.

Kim Jong Il will always live in the hearts of all Koreans, they stressed.