Pyongyang, January 7 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Wednesday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a birthday spread to a woman centenarian living in Jaeryong County, South Hwanghae Province.

- Ceremonies of moving into new houses took place at Thaephyong-ri, Hyangsan County and Anchan-ri, Sijung County in Jagang Province.

- Successes are being made in various economic sectors and units and different parts of the country.

- A New Year performance of schoolchildren is going on every day.

Rodong Sinmun

- A serial article says that Kim Jong Un ushered in the great new history of socialist rural construction.

- Kim Jong Un received a message of greeting from the president of Singapore.

- The Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea sent a congratulatory message to the Twelfth Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.

Minju Joson

- An article notes that Kim Jong Un solemnly pledged to make selfless, devoted efforts for the country and the good of the people in his significant speech at the New Year celebration.

- Another article says that 2025 is a proud year in which all the people across the country accelerated the victorious advance of Korean-style socialism by dint of the redoubled might of self-sustenance. -0-