Pyongyang, December 31 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Tuesday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un looked around the completed major service facilities of the Kalma coastal tourist area. (photos accompanied)

- He sent a congratulatory letter to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation.

- He received a message of greeting from the president of the United Russia Party.

- He received floral baskets from the president of Nigeria and members of the Board of Directors of the Kim Il Sung-Kim Jong Il Foundation.

- He received a floral basket and a congratulatory letter from the military attaches corps here.

- Dancing parties were given by the working people's organizations to celebrate the 13th anniversary of Kim Jong Un's assumption of the supreme commandership of the armed forces of the DPRK.

- Students of Mangyongdae Revolutionary School and Kang Pan Sok Revolutionary School held meetings to tell their pride of 2024 in ample knowledge, high morality and strong body.

- Ceremonies for moving into new houses took place at several rural villages in South Phyongan, Kangwon and South Hamgyong provinces.

- A new solar power station was built in South Phyongan Province.

- Greeting cards were produced on the occasion of the hope-filled New Year 2025.

Rodong Sinmun

- Floral baskets were sent to the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill by members of the Board of Directors of the Kim Il Sung-Kim Jong Il Foundation, foreign organizations, international bodies and overseas families of those related to the revolutionary activities of President Kim Il Sung.

- Memorial events took place in Russia on the occasion of the 13th anniversary of demise of Chairman Kim Jong Il.

- The first-stage main waterway tunnel project and installation of generating equipment and pressure iron pipe were completed at the Tanchon Power Station.

- An article discloses that Japan's military "assistance" to a state along Aden Bay is aimed to maintain and strengthen its military base.

Minju Joson

- An article says that the DPRK people are convinced of the brighter future of their country, seeing the year out. -0-