Pyongyang, January 5 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in Rodong Sinmun, a leading newspaper of the DPRK, on Monday:

- A hypersonic missile launching drill was conducted. (Photos accompanied)

- An article praises the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un as the great leader of the Workers' Party of Korea demonstrating its absolute dignity and ruling power.

- New houses were built at the Changbong Farm in Jonchon County and the Ryonsong Farm in Chosan County, Jagang Province.

- A reception was given for the art troupe of Korean schoolchildren in Japan.

- Economic successes are being made in different parts of the country in the new year. -0-