Pyongyang, October 21 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Tuesday:

- Meetings were held at various units of South Phyongan Province to mark the anniversary of the field guidance of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il.

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a birthday spread to a woman centenarian in Phihyon County, North Phyongan Province.

- Premier Pak Thae Song made a field survey of various sectors in North and South Phyongan provinces.

- The grand mass gymnastics and artistic performance for celebrating the 80th founding anniversary of the WPK is going on with splendor every day.

- New houses were built at the Wolmyong Farm of Kophung County, Jagang Province.

- Successes are being made in different sectors and units of national economy.

- The national exhibition of IT successes-2025 opened.

- A delegation of the DPRK Ministry of Electric Power Industry returned home after visiting Russia.

- The DPRK embassy in Moscow hosted a reception to mark the 77th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the DPRK and the Russian Federation.

- A meeting took place in Tokyo to mark the 80th founding anniversary of Choson Sinbo.

Rodong Sinmun

- The respected Marshal Kim Jong Un received a letter of resolution from the congratulatory group of the General Association of Koreans in China (GAKC) and the delegation carrying the letter of loyalty sent by the GAKC.

- An article says that the persistent visit to Yasukuni Shrine by the Japanese politicians is an undisguised expression of their ambition for reinvasion.

Minju Joson

- An editorial calls for further raising the spirit of upturn in overall economy by increasing the coal production. -0-