Pyongyang, June 12 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Friday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a message of greeting to the president of the Russian Federation.

- The First Plenary Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 15th Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea was held.

- Wheat and barley harvest began at farms in different parts of the country.

- The Pyongyang Municipal Fuel Company won Twice Three-Revolution Red Flag.

- A delegation of Korean schoolchildren in Japan visited Mangyongdae, the birthplace of President Kim Il Sung, and other places.

- Staff members of the Russian embassy here laid wreaths at the Liberation Tower and cemetery of fallen fighters of the Soviet Army.

- The charge d'affaires ad interim of the Russian embassy here hosted a reception on the occasion of the national day of the Russian Federation.

- The DPRK ambassador to Indonesia presented his credentials to the Indonesian president.

- An article introduces the Russian Federation on the occasion of its national day.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article says that it can be called the genuine life when the beginning and the finishing are good.

Minju Joson

- An article says that the enthusiasm to accelerate the advance of the overall national economy is growing in the electric-power and coal-mining industrial sectors. -0-