Pyongyang, December 18 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Thursday:

- On the occasion of the 14th anniversary of demise of Chairman Kim Jong Il,

All the people across the DPRK honored the memory of the peerlessly great man in humble reverence.

Officials, working people, service personnel, youth and students laid flower baskets before the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il in different parts of the country.

The president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and organizations of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan sent flower baskets to the statues of the great leaders on Mansu Hill and the diplomatic corps here laid a flower basket before the statues.

- Successes are being made in different parts of the country.

- A delegation of the Ministry of Disaster Management returned home after visiting Russia.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article conveys the undying feats of the Workers' Party of Korea which has led the five-year struggle for implementing the decisions of the Eighth Party Congress to victory and glory and the absolute truthfulness of our Party's policies.

Minju Joson

- An editorial calls for opening up a new phase of changes for the comprehensive development of Korean-style socialism by dint of self-sustenance, rallied closer around the Party Central Committee. -0-