Pyongyang, January 2 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Friday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on the occasion of the New Year 2026. (A photo accompanied)

- Kim Jong Un met the schoolchildren participating in the New Year performance and had a photo taken with them, warmly wishing them the bright future. (Photos accompanied)

- He received congratulatory messages from organizations and bodies of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan on the occasion of the New Year.

- Officials, working people, service personnel and youth and students laid flower baskets before the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il in different parts of the country on the occasion of the New Year.

- A performance for greeting the New Year 2026 was given by schoolchildren.

- The New Year 2026 was meaningfully greeted in different parts of the country.

- Ceremonies for moving into new houses took place at Choun Farm in Hamhung City and Ssangbong Farm in Hoesang District, South Hamgyong Province.

Rodong Sinmun

- Flower baskets from overseas families of those related with the revolutionary activities of the President were placed at the statues of the President and the Chairman on Mansu Hill on the occasion of the New Year 2026.

- All the children and pupils of primary schools across the country received gifts associated with the loving care of the Workers' Party of Korea on the significant New Year.

Minju Joson

- Premier Pak Thae Song sent a message of greeting to the president of the Council of Ministers of Cuba.

- The DPRK foreign minister sent greetings to her Cuban counterpart. -0-