Press Review

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

- An inauguration ceremony of regional-industry factories took place in Yonthan County, North Hwanghae Province. (photos accompanied)

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un received New Year's cards from heads of state, leaders of political parties and personages of various circles of different countries on the occasion of the New Year.

- A meeting took place to mark the 10th anniversary of Kim Jong Un's field guidance at the Kumkhop General Foodstuff Factory for Sportspeople.

- Vol. 63 of "Complete Collection of Kim Jong Il's Works" was brought out.

- Successes have been made in various sectors and units of the national economy.

- Young people in Kangwon Province volunteered to work at difficult and labor-consuming worksites.

- Articles are dedicated to the 79th founding anniversary of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League.

- The chief of the External Policy Office of the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea issued a press statement saying that the DPRK will contain the planned hostile military provocations and control the unstable regional situation with more thorough exercise of the right to self-defence.

- The incumbent president was arrested for the first time in the history of the puppet ROK and puppet Yoon Suk Yeol was sent to the investigation authorities under escort.

 

Rodong Sinmun

- Enlarged plenary meetings of the Party committees of different ministries and national agencies took place to implement the decision of the Eleventh Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

 

Minju Joson

- An article calls for more persistently pushing forward the major policy-oriented tasks which have been decided and accelerated to improve the people's living standard. -0-

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