Pyongyang, February 21 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Friday:

- Choe Ryong Hae, chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, received the credentials from the Swiss ambassador to the DPRK.

- A meeting for reviewing the 2024 socialist emulation in the field of fruit farming took place.

- An exhibition of medium and small farm implements was held in South Hamgyong Province.

- The ambassador and the military attache of the Russian embassy here gave a reception to mark the Day of Defenders of the Motherland.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article says that the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un is the peerlessly great man and tender-hearted father of the people, possessed of love for the people as his inborn disposition.

Minju Joson

- An article deals with the unshakable faith of the Korean people to follow to the last the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un who is devoting himself to the happiness of the people.

- Another article tells about Russia's efforts for the sustained development of the social economy. -0-