Pyongyang, December 4 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Monday:

- The Fifth National Meeting of Mothers was opened. (photo accompanied)

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un made an opening address at the Fifth National Meeting of Mothers. (photos accompanied)

- The Central Standing Committee of the Union of Democratic Korean Women in Japan and the General Association of Koreans in China sent congratulatory messages to the Fifth National Meeting of Mothers.

Rodong Sinmun

- The Nampho Municipal Revolutionary Museum was inaugurated.

- Youth and students from across the country involved in the study tour of the revolutionary battle sites in the area of Mt Paektu visited Chairman Kim Jong Il's birthplace in the Paektusan Secret Camp.

- An event was held here to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

- A commentary accuses the Yoon Suk Yeol group of having pushed the situation in the Korean Peninsula to an uncontrollable phase.

Minju Joson

- An article says that suicide is unabated in capitalist countries. -0-