Pyongyang, November 6 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Wednesday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent gifts to the builders involved in the reconstruction of flood-hit areas in North Phyongan Province.

- DPRK Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui met with Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation.

- Successes have been made in different economic sectors and units.

- The 15th Commodity Exhibition at Pyongyang Department Store No. 1 closed.

- A delegation of Korean social scientists in Japan left here.

Rodong Sinmun

- A meeting was held to convey a congratulatory message of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea to the workers, technicians and officials at the Manpho Smeltery on its 50th founding anniversary.

- A ceremony for moving into new houses took place at the Ryongchon Farm in Hwangju County of North Hwanghae Province.

- An article says that the U.S. persistent and reckless ambition for hegemony to dominate the world forever is accelerating its ruin.

Minju Joson

- An article says that the serious human rights situation in Western countries has been disclosed one after another, stunning the international community. -0-