Pyongyang, December 11 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in Rodong Sinmun on Monday:

- Articles say that the revolutionary career of Chairman Kim Jong Il is a sacred one shining with patriotism.

- An article notes that the plan of the Workers' Party of Korea to turn the whole countryside into socialist ideal village is being translated into reality.

- Model rural dwelling houses were built at different villages of the Saryong Farm in Kumya County, South Hamgyong Province and ceremonies of moving into new houses were held.

- Youth and students from across the country made a study tour of revolutionary battle sites in the area of Mt Paektu and climbed Mt Paektu, a sublime mountain of revolution.

- The Sinuiju Anti-epidemic Medical Supplies Factory, the Hamhung Youth Open-Air Theatre and the Nampho Municipal Quality Analytical Institute were newly built.

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a birthday spread to a centenarian living in Phyongsong City of South Phyongan Province on her 100th birthday.

- DPRK weightlifters Ri Suk and Ri Chong Song bagged six gold medals in the 2023 IWF Grand Prix.

- There was a rabbit show and experience-sharing workshop of school youth league and children's union organizations across the country.

- The paper carries a press statement issued by Kim Son Gyong, vice-minister for International Organizations of the DPRK Foreign Ministry, saying that the U.S., a stumbling block to international peace and security, has no right to remain in the sacred UN arena. -0-