Pyongyang, December 16 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Tuesday:

- An inauguration ceremony of regional-industry factories and leisure complex in Kangdong County for the Regional Development 20×10 Policy was held with splendor. (Photos accompanied)

- On the occasion of the 14th anniversary of demise of Chairman Kim Jong Il

Youth and students met to tell stories about the noble virtues of the Chairman and workers and trade union members met to hear stories of his noble virtues.

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a birthday spread to a woman centenarian living in Jangyon County, South Hwanghae Province.

- Inauguration ceremonies of regional-industry factories took place with great joy in Sinyang, Rangnim, Taegwan and Puryong counties.

- The Jangjagang Power Station has been successfully remodeled.

Rodong Sinmun

- Foreign personages and overseas families of persons related to the revolutionary activities of President Kim Il Sung sent flower baskets to the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill here.

Minju Joson

- The paper echoes what the people across the country said upon hearing the news that the inauguration ceremony of Kusong City Hospital for the Regional Development 20×10 Policy was held with splendor. -0-