Pyongyang, December 5 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Friday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un inspected regional-industry factories nearing inauguration. (photos accompanied)

- Kim Jong Un received a reply message from the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and concurrently the president of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

- An art troupe of Korean schoolchildren in Japan paid tribute to the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill.

- Ceremonies of moving into new houses took place at the Jamjin Farm in Kangso District and the Ryongho Farm in Ryonggang County, Nampho Municipality.

- The remodeled Hamhung Wheat Processing Factory was inaugurated.

- South Phyongan Province built a new environmental protection institute

- A newly-built Chongjin Water Park was inaugurated with due ceremony.

- The 55th Sports Contest of Artistes took place.

- An art troupe of Korean schoolchildren in Japan arrived here.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article says that talented persons are an essential and strategic resource for the development of regional industry.

Minju Joson

- The provincial people's committees strive to conclude the year-end works. -0-