Pyongyang, August 23 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Friday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un replied to a message of sympathy sent by the general secretary of the C.C., Lao People's Revolutionary Party and concurrently the president of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

- Choe Ryong Hae received credentials from the Lao ambassador to the DPRK.

- Successes have been made in different sectors of national economy.

- Schoolchildren from flood-stricken areas visited the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace and the Sci-Tech Complex.

- A ceremony for moving into new houses took place at the Sinphung Farm in Sinpho City, South Hamgyong Province.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article discloses that international laws and regulations are being ignored and peace is destroyed by the old international order allowing the U.S. high-handed and arbitrary practices.

Minju Joson

- An article says that the socialist patriotic movement is the great motive power for the state prosperity.

- Another article reveals that the capitalist society is an anti-popular society that makes the people's political life more reactionary. -0-