Pyongyang, April 30 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in Rodong Sinmun, a leading newspaper of the DPRK, on Thursday:

- A photo exhibition and seminar took place at the DPRK embassy in Moscow to mark the seventh anniversary of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un's first historic visit to Russia.

- Personages of different countries and regional bodies paid congratulatory visits to the DPRK missions on the occasion of the 114th birth anniversary of President Kim Il Sung.

- Premier Pak Thae Song made a field survey of farms in South Phyongan Province and North and South Hwanghae provinces.

- Articles tell about the feats of the young people.

- An article says that NATO and Japan are seeking to form a "joint front" in the Asia-Pacific region but this is only an act harmful to their security. -0-