Pyongyang, December 13 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Saturday:

- A ceremony took place with splendor to welcome the Korean People's Army unit of engineers which returned home after carrying out the combat order of the Workers' Party of Korea in the overseas operational area. (photos accompanied)

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made a speech at the ceremony of welcoming the return of the overseas engineers unit of the KPA. (Photos accompanied)

- Modern dwelling houses were built at the Munyang Farm and the Phyongam Farm in Koksan County, North Hwanghae Province and the Ryongpho Farm and the Jakdong Farm in Popdong County, Kangwon Province.

- South Hwanghae Province newly organized its construction mechanization brigade.

- Jagang Province built the Kanggye Zoo.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article deals with the gap between rich and poor getting more extreme in capitalist countries.

Minju Joson

- The paper echoes what officials across the country said upon hearing the press release of the 13th Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. -0-