Pyongyang, May 12 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in Rodong Sinmun, a leading newspaper of the DPRK, on Monday:

- An article says that self-reliance is the mode of struggle of our own style as it applies the idea of independence and patriotism of the Workers' Party of Korea.

- Another article says that ministries and national agencies give powerful assistance to the countryside.

- The rice-transplanting was launched in the countryside.

- Officials and members of the women's union in South Phyongan Province displayed their patriotic enthusiasm at worksites for great upsurge.

- Young people in South Hamgyong Province volunteered to work at major theatres of socialist construction.

- A DPRK player proved successful in the 2025 Asian Weightlifting Championships.

- An article ridicules the "latest military hardware" of the "superpower" U.S. as they become objects of shame. -0-