Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in Rodong Sinmun, a leading newspaper of the DPRK, on Thursday:

- An article praises the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un as the great father steadily bringing about a great auspicious event of moving into new houses for the people.

- Articles echo voices of people and officials admiring another wonderful scene in the Hwasong area.

- Art performances were given by the participants in the 9th April Spring People's Art Festival.

- Koreans in Japan significantly celebrated the greatest auspicious April holiday of the nation.

- A spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defence of the DPRK released a press statement warning that the U.S. reckless bluffing military demonstration is a futile act of increasing the security threat to its mainland only.

- Families of those related to the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle met at the DPRK embassy in Beijing to celebrate the birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.

- The co-chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kim Il Sung-Kim Jong Il Foundation and his party left here.

- An article says that American-style democracy is a tool for Americanizing the world.

- A KCNA commentary discloses Israel's ambition to annex the whole territory of Palestine with the backing of the U.S. -0-