Pyongyang, December 18 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Wednesday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on the greatest national memorial day. (photos accompanied)

- On the occasion of the 13th anniversary of demise of Chairman Kim Jong Il,

All the people across the country most reverently honored the memory of Kim Jong Il.

Officials, working people, service personnel, youth and students placed floral baskets before the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il in different parts of the country.

Staff members of the Vietnamese, Lao and Nicaraguan embassies here laid floral baskets at the statues of the great leaders on Mansu Hill.

Families of Chinese related to the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle held a photo exhibition and seminar on the exploits of the Chairman.

- The base for the Ryesonggang Sports Team has renovated its appearance.

- An article says that European countries are encountering such economic knotty problems as inflation, bankruptcy of businesses and increased unemployment due to the policy of kowtowing to the U.S.

Rodong Sinmun

- A lot of art pieces depicting the noble revolutionary career and exploits of Kim Jong Il were produced.

Minju Joson

- An article says that the Korean people will surely build a socialist power where Kim Jong Il's ideal and desire are fully realized on this land as they hold the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un in high esteem.

- An article discloses the fact that the Japanese imperialists had turned Korea into a large prison and committed vicious fascist suppression against the Korean people with brutal police repressive mechanisms after illegally occupying it. -0-