Pyongyang, June 17 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Tuesday:

- Successes have been made in various units of the country.

- A delegation of the Korean Central News Agency left here for Russia.

- A DPRK delegation returned home after taking part in the Third International Forum of Education Ministers.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article deals with the undying patriotic exploits of the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un who ushered in the great era of our state-first principle.

- Another article discloses the weakness of the Western economy in crisis.

Minju Joson

- An article notes that the ideal of the great father is the one of the people, and the desire of the people is the one of our Party.

- Premier Pak Thae Song sent a message of sympathy to the prime minister of the Republic of India.

- He sent a message of greeting to the prime minister of Mongolia.

- An article says that the U.S.-style democracy is the sham and reactionary one under the guise of democracy. -0-