Pyongyang, April 17 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Wednesday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un attended the inauguration ceremony of 10 000 flats at the second stage in the Hwasong area and cut an inauguration tape and blessed owners of new houses. (photos accompanied)

- Kim Jong Un received a letter from the Central Standing Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan.

- Delegations and delegates of Juche Idea study organizations visited various places.

- A vice-foreign minister of Belarus and his party arrived here.

Rodong Sinmun

- The Wonthang Sanatorium was reconstructed in Jagang Province.

- An article says that the U.S. is the poorest country in the world under the veil of "a rich country".

Minju Joson

- An article introduces the venue of the national industrial art exhibition for celebrating April 15, the birthday of President Kim Il Sung. -0-