Pyongyang, January 25 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Wednesday:

- Officials of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon) held a meeting to carry through the important tasks set forth by the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un in his New Year message.

- Vol. 51 of "Complete Collection of Kim Jong Il's Works" was published.

- Successes were made in various sectors of the national economy.

- The worldwide spread of the malignant virus continues.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article says that the General Secretary has brought up the children of revolutionary martyrs to be reliable successors who devote themselves to the struggle for the overall development of Korean-style socialism, upholding the idea and leadership of the Party Central Committee with single mind.

- Another article says that capitalist society is an inhuman society as it reduced human relations into cash nexus.

Minju Joson

- An editorial calls upon the people's committees at all levels to thoroughly implement the decisions of the Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea by enhancing their function as economic organizers.

- The DPRK foreign minister sent a congratulatory message to her Nepalese counterpart. -0-