Pyongyang, June 26 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Wednesday:

- Mass rallies took place in Pyongyang and every province, city and county on June 25, the day of struggle against U.S. imperialism.

- The Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK issued a decree on conferring the title of model law-observance unit on exemplary units in strengthening the socialist law-abiding life.

- An article calls for minimizing damage from drought and high temperature.

- The Institute for American Studies of the DPRK Foreign Ministry issued a white paper clarifying the Korean people's norm related to irreconcilable compensation for the losses and their unshakable will to inflict a retaliatory punishment on the U.S.

Rodong Sinmun

- A ceremony for moving into new houses took place at the Pongrin Farm in Pakchon County, North Phyongan Province.

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a birthday spread to a woman centenarian living in Kangso District, Nampho Municipality.

- A Pyongyang municipal exhibition of consumer goods began.

- An article denounces the U.S. for getting more undisguised in its military moves to revive the "UN Command" in the puppet ROK as a multinational war tool.

Minju Joson

- Premier Kim Tok Hun sent a message of sympathy to the prime minister of the Russian Federation. -0-