Pyongyang, May 24 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Saturday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a birthday spread to a woman centenarian who is a war veteran living in Hanggu District in Nampho Municipality.

- Successes are being made in different sectors and units of the national economy.

- The Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK issued a decree on awarding the "Lathe No.26" Model Machine Prize to exemplary units and machines.

- An event was held to mark the AFC Grassroots Football Day

Rodong Sinmun

- An article calls on all officials and Party members to discharge their duties and obligations as vanguard fighters in the struggle to defend the authority of the Central committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

- Another article discloses the fact that the move of Japan wearing the worn-out veil of "pacific nation" is not the step for peace but for escalation of confrontation and perfection of war state.

Minju Joson

- An article says that the gigantic construction campaign for people is being waged thanks to the long-cherished desire of the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un.

- Foreign ministers of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Kingdom of Thailand exchanged messages of greeting on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. -0-