Pyongyang, July 25 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Thursday:

- Senior state officials visited the families of war veterans on the occasion of the great war victory day.

- Talks were held here between the foreign ministers of the DPRK and Belarus.

- There took place a ceremony of starting the DPRK-Russia children's friendship camping.

- There was a symposium on geological and biodiversity in the area of Mt Paektu.

- A national sci-tech presentation in the fishing sector took place.

Rodong Sinmun

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un received a floral basket and a congratulatory letter from the military attaches corps in the DPRK.

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

- Enlarged plenary meetings of working people's organizations took place.

- A ceremony for moving into new houses took place at the Chayu Farm in Musan County, North Hamgyong Province.

- Standard pharmacies were newly built in Rason Municipality and began their service.

- An article discloses Japan's frantic efforts to tighten its military nexus with NATO.

Minju Joson

- An article calls for building the most powerful country on this land under the leadership of Kim Jong Un.

- Kim Tok Hun, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, sent a congratulatory message to the Nepalese prime minister. -0-