Pyongyang, December 3 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Tuesday:

- The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea decided to convene the Eleventh Plenary Meeting of the Eighth WPK Central Committee.

- Young people from across the country met to start a study tour of the revolutionary battle sites in the area of Mt Paektu.

- Successes have been made in different economic sectors and units and parts of the country.

- The Kangwon Provincial Sci-Tech Library has been newly built.

- A working-level delegation of the DPRK State Hydro-Meteorological Administration left here for Russia.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article tells about the great efforts made by the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un for the country's agricultural development this year.

- A mass movement was launched in Kaesong Municipality to conserve the national heritage.

- Another article denounces the U.S. for using its veto again in the recent voting for a UNSC resolution, which calls for realizing unconditional ceasefire in the Gaza Strip of Palestine and rendering elementary service and humanitarian aid to the civilians without delay.

Minju Joson

- An article says that the immortal exploits of Chairman Kim Jong Il will shine brilliantly in the minds of the people.

- An editorial calls for dynamically ushering in the period of overall development of Korean-style socialism, holding fast to the spirit of Mt Paektu as an invincible weapon.

- Premier Kim Tok Hun sent a message of greeting to the prime minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

- The DPRK foreign minister sent a message of greeting to her Lao counterpart. -0-