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

- Successes were achieved in various economic sectors.

- An article calls for further intensifying the emergency epidemic prevention work.

- An article discloses the unpardonable crime of the Japanese imperialists who poisoned Emperor Kojong, the representative of the Korean feudal state.

- The damage by COVID-19 is on the increase worldwide.

Rodong Sinmun

- An editorial calls for further glorifying the traditions of loyalty and patriotism through a socialist patriotic movement and a revolutionary mass movement.

- An article says that cities and counties should decisively strengthen their construction forces.

Minju Joson

- An editorial calls for implementing the state budget for this year without fail.

- An article says that today's self-reliance is a national, planned and scientific one. -0-