Pyongyang, June 4 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Thursday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un gave field guidance at the newly-inaugurated nuclear materials production factory. (photos accompanied)

- The participants in the celebrations of the 80th founding anniversary of the Korean Children's Union and the members of relay teams carrying the letters of loyalty from the KCU members in all provinces laid flower baskets at the statues of the great leader Generalissimo Kim Il Sung and the great leader Generalissimo Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill.

- The participants in the celebrations of the 80th birthday of the KCU arrived here.

- A meeting took place to mark the 80th founding anniversary of Minju Joson.

- Successes are being made in various economic sectors and units of the country.

- More than 80 women in Kanggye City of Jagang Province volunteered to work at a school uniform factory.

- Kim Ryo Won, an international security analyst, says in an article that Japan's expansion of arms exports is a dangerous act fully revealing its true colors as a war merchant.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article marks the anniversary of the historic victory in the battle of Pochonbo.

- The Second Enlarged Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea was held.

Minju Joson

- An article says that Minju Joson significantly marked its 80th founding anniversary. -0-