Pyongyang, January 13 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in Rodong Sinmun, a leading newspaper of the DPRK, on Monday:

- Regional-industry factories were inaugurated in Kyongsong County of North Hamgyong Province.

- Pak Thae Song, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, made a field survey of various sectors.

- Elaborate plans for successfully implementing the regional development policy of the Workers' Party of Korea are being worked out in different parts of the country.

- Youths in South Phyongan Province volunteered for major theaters of socialist construction.

- Various mass sports activities were conducted in different parts of the country to mark the first day of sports for the year.

- Successes have been made in different units.

- An article says that the reality of the U.S. which set a new record once again in the gun-related crimes last year shows the signs of an impending downfall of the rotten society. -0-