Pyongyang, February 19 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Wednesday:

- A congratulatory group of Koreans in Japan for celebrating the greatest auspicious February holiday of the nation visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun to pay tributes to President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il.

- It visited Mangyongdae, the birthplace of Kim Il Sung.

- Industrial art exhibitions are going on in all provinces (municipalities) on the occasion of the February holiday.

- Women in Chongjin City, North Hamgyong Province volunteered to work at socialist construction sites.

- DPRK players returned home after taking part in the Asian Rifle/Pistol Cup 2025.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article deals with the immortal exploits of Kim Jong Il who formulated the revolutionary idea of Kim Il Sung as Kimilsungism.

- A political essay says that our era is a very gigantic and brilliant one in which the eye-opening eventsunprecedented in the state building are being made one after another.

Minju Joson

- An article says that Pyongyang will be turned into a more magnificent and beautiful capital city of Juche Korea and the city of the people thanks to the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un. -0-