Pyongyang, January 16 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Friday:

- An article says that the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un has ushered in a new heyday of the Korean youth movement.

- Kim Jong Un received congratulatory messages and letters from different countries on the occasion of the New Year 2026.

- The participants in the commemorations of the 80th founding anniversary of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League laid a flower basket at the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill.

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

- The participants in the commemorations of the 80th founding anniversary of the SPYL arrived here.

- Ceremonies of moving into new houses took place at different farms in Sohung and Sangwon counties, North Hwanghae Province.

Rodong Sinmun

- Young people in North Hamgyong Province and Kaesong Municipality volunteered to work at major workplaces of socialist construction.

Minju Joson

- An article deals with the fighting spirit displayed by officials and working people in Kangwon Province who built six army-people power stations by their own efforts. -0-