Pyongyang, December 28 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Saturday:

- The Hamhung Schoolchildren's Footwear Factory was inaugurated and a new football school was built in South Hamgyong Province

- The Phyongsong Instant Noodle Factory and the Kaechon Equipment Assembly Station were newly inaugurated.

Rodong Sinmun

- A political essay says that the ideal land of the people, home of happiness, has appeared in the flood-hit areas of the northwestern part of the country under the leadership of the great Workers' Party of Korea.

- DPRK sportspersons won at least 20 cups and more than 360 medals, including 210 gold medals, at international games held this year and the enthusiasm for mass sports is mounting across the country.

- The Songaksan Instant Noodle Factory was inaugurated in Kaesong Municipality.

- An article says that the U.S. weakens in its strength for its stand against peace and its ambition for world hegemony goes bankrupt.

Minju Joson

- An article deals with the fact that many proud edifices have been built this year under the guidance of the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un.

- An article says that the decline and ruin of capitalist society can never be reversed as the exploitation of man by man is justified and the jungle law prevails in all fabrics of social life there. -0-