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

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a message of sympathy to Xi Jinping, general secretary of the C.C., Communist Party of China and president of the People's Republic of China.

- The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea decided to convene the Second Plenary Meeting of the Ninth Central Committee of the WPK.

- Successes are being made in different units and regions of the country.

- An article is dedicated to the 71st formation anniversary of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article says that the enthusiasm of young people for volunteering to work at major theatres of socialist construction has grown stronger after the Eleventh Congress of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League.

Minju Joson

- An article introduces Nigeria on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the DPRK and this country. -0-