Pyongyang, May 10 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Saturday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un paid a congratulatory visit to the Russian embassy here on the occasion of the Russia's great V-day. (Photos accompanied)

- Kim Jong Un made an address in congratulatory visit to the Russian embassy here. (Photos accompanied)

- The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK and the Cabinet of the DPRK sent a joint congratulatory message to the leadership of the Russian Federation and all the Russian people. (A photo accompanied)

- Events took place in Russia on the occasion of the 6th anniversary of Kim Jong Un's historic first visit to Russia.

- Members of the Russian embassy here laid wreaths before the Liberation Tower and cemeteries of fallen fighters of the Soviet Army.

- Schoolchildren's art troupe of the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace gave a premiere in Vladivostok City of Russia.

- The remodeled Myonggan Corn Research Branch of the Corn Research Institute of the Academy of Agricultural Science was inaugurated.

- The 12th Sports Contest among Public Health Workers closed.

- The 60th National Schoolchildren Art Festival closed.

- A government delegation of the Republic of Belarus left here

- KCNA commentary discloses that it is the cunning intention of Japan to launch a surprise preemptive attack on the neighboring countries while routinely conducting the drills of long-range strike means in its country.

Rodong Sinmun

- Articles say that various economic sectors are achieving successes by establishing the traits of attaching importance to figure.

Minju Joson

- A political essay says that the feats of the patriotic scientists, who devote themselves to the prosperity of the country and the promotion of the people's well-being while regarding it as a vital issue to defend self-respect, will be clearly recorded in the history of building a powerful socialist country. -0-