Pyongyang, May 6 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Wednesday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un received a reply message from the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party who is president of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

- Successes are being achieved in various economic sectors and units and in different regions of the country.

- The 23rd May 21 Architectural Festival will start.

- The Pyongyang Municipal Finishing Building Materials Exhibition for Rural Construction-2026 was held.

- A congratulatory group of the Korean Youth League in Japan visited Mangyongdae and other places.

Rodong Sinmun

- A meeting was held to mark the 80th anniversary of the publication of Sonyon Sinmun.

Minju Joson

- An article stresses that people's well-being represents national power and this is just the absolute criterion and principle of activities consistently maintained by the DPRK government. -0-