Pyongyang, January 16 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in Rodong Sinmun on Monday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un received congratulatory messages and letters from different countries on the occasion of the New Year, Juche 112 (2023).

- Senior Party and government officials met officials and working people in major sectors of the national economy on the spot to inspire them.

- Enlarged plenary meetings of the Party committees of the Cabinet, ministries and national institutions were held to implement the decisions made at the Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

- Key industrial sectors and agricultural guidance organs at all levels have mapped out the plans for achieving this year's targets and taken scientific measures for fulfilling them.

- Women's union organizations at all levels and their members have conducted brisk art motivation and rush-hour agitprop activities.

- COVID-19 still spreads worldwide. -0-