Pyongyang, January 23 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Thursday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a birthday spread to a woman centenarian living in Sungho County of North Hwanghae Province.

- Schoolchildren from across the country started the march to trace the course of the 250-mile Journey for National Liberation.

- Successes have been made in various economic sectors and units and different parts of the country.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article calls upon all the people to bring about the victory in the second year of regional rejuvenation without fail through their extraordinary efforts and strenuous struggle and thus brilliantly adorn this year marking the 80th founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea.

- Another article says that nothing can reverse the decline and fall of the hegemonic forces which have sought a way-out in aggression and war and maintained their existence through domination and subjugation.

Minju Joson

- An article calls upon all the people to turn out in the struggle for implementing the decisions of the Eleventh Plenary Meeting of the Eighth WPK Central Committee through a dynamic drive for increased production and glorify this year as another watershed in the history of the DPRK's growth and development. -0-