Pyongyang, January 31 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Saturday:

- The Third People's Art Festival for Celebrating February 16 is to be held.

- A decree of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK on setting a new street and dongs in the Hwasong area.

- New houses were built at the Mandal Vegetable Farm in Sungho County and the Wahyon Farm in Phyongsan County, North Hwanghae Province.

- Articles are dedicated to the tenth founding anniversary of the Mindulle Notebook Factory.

- The remodeled Sariwon Kye Ung Sang University of Agriculture was inaugurated with due ceremony.

- A tree nursery was inaugurated in Kaesong Municipality.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article deals with the eye-opening changes made across the country in the past five years thanks to the Workers' Party of Korea's policy of regional development in the new era.

- Women's union organizations at all levels have conducted the do-good-thing movement.

Minju Joson

- An article stresses that the further growth of a large contingent of patriots is the most precious and meaningful success achieved by our Party in the past five years.

- Another article says that Japan's ambition for having nuclear weapons has come under criticism by the international community. -0-