Pyongyang, December 11 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Thursday:

- The second-day sitting of the 13th Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea was held. (photos accompanied)

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un paid a condolatory visit to the Russian embassy here. (photos accompanied)

- Kim Jong Un received a letter from the General Association of Koreans in China.

- Leading officials of the WPK Central Committee paid a condolatory visit to the Russian embassy here.

- Pak Thae Song, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, expressed deep condolences over the demise of the Russian ambassador to the DPRK.

- Leading officials of the Party and the government visited the Russian embassy here to offer condolences.

- Ceremonies of moving into new houses took place at the Usan Cotton Farm in Hanggu District, Nampho Municipality and the Konha Farm in Manpho City, Jagang Province.

- South Phyongan Province finished building and remodeling over 100 schools, branch schools and kindergartens.

- An inaugural ceremony of the Kanggye Tannery took place.

- The Seventh Congress of the General Association of Koreans in China and the Sixth General Meeting of the Association of Young Korean Nationals in China took place.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article says that the Workers' Party of Korea is the great Party which is realizing the long-cherished desire of the people unconditionally.

- University graduates in Kangwon Province volunteered for workplaces called by the Party.

- Pyongyang Municipality built more than 100 goat pens this year and increased milk production 1.5 times as against last year.

Minju Joson

- An article deals with the world of great devotion dedicating to the realization of the long-cherished desire of our Party. -0-