Pyongyang, May 21 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in Rodong Sinmun, a leading newspaper of the DPRK, on Thursday:

- There took place in all provinces kick-off meetings of the relay teams of members of the Korean Children's Union carrying letters of loyalty to the respected fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un on the occasion of the 80th founding anniversary of the KCU.

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a birthday spread to a woman in Sinuiju City of North Phyongan Province on her 100th birthday.

- The Musan Mining Complex successfully blasted 1.2 million cubic meters of earth.

- The Naegohyang Team of the DPRK advanced into the finals of the 2025-2026 AFC Women's Champions League.

- A South Hwanghae provincial delegation of the DPRK left here to visit Russia.

- A South Phyongan provincial friendship delegation of the DPRK returned home after visiting Amur Region of the Russian Federation.

- An article stresses that the political crisis of the Western world is inevitable. -0-