Pyongyang, February 19 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in Rodong Sinmun of the DPRK on Monday:

- On the occasion of the 82nd birth anniversary of Chairman Kim Jong Il,

Officials of the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) laid a floral basket before the portrait of smiling Chairman Kim Jong Il. And there were a meeting of Koreans in Japan, a lecture meeting of Chongryon and a seminar of Korean social scientists in Japan.

The People's Art Festival came to a close.

Industrial art exhibitions are going on in all provinces.

- An editorial and an article are dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the proclamation of the programme for modeling the whole society on Kimilsungism.

- This year, many officials, working people, service personnel and youths across the country made a study tour of the revolutionary battle sites in the area of Mt Paektu.

- DPRK sportspersons bagged gold medals at the FIG Artistic Gymnastics Apparatus World Cup 2024 and the 1st Judo Beton Hungarian Cup.

- An article terms the U.S. the worst dangerous state in the world and the arch criminal violating human rights. -0-