Pyongyang, May 19 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in Rodong Sinmun, a leading newspaper of the DPRK, on Monday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the Patriotic Martyrs Cemetery in Sinmi-ri on the occasion of the third anniversary of demise of Hyon Chol Hae. (Photos accompanied)

- An article tells about the noble benevolence shown by the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un for Hyon Chol Hae.

- Kim Jong Un sent birthday spreads to woman centenarians living in Pyongyang.

- Measures are thoroughly taken across the country to cope with disastrous abnormal weather.

- The daily notes that it is the stereotyped method of imperialism to get rid of ruin through war and confrontation.

- Another article discloses the impudence of Japan hell-bent on hunting whales, seeking only its own profits. -0-