Pyongyang, February 15 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Saturday:

- A groundbreaking ceremony of the Rakwon County Offshore Farm took place with splendor. (photos accompanied)

- On the occasion of the 83rd birth anniversary of Chairman Kim Jong Il

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un received floral baskets from members of the Board of Directors of the

Kim Il Sung-Kim Jong Il Foundation.

International bodies, foreign organizations and personages, families of those related to the revolutionary activities of President Kim Il Sung, Koreans in China and organization of Koreans in China sent floral baskets to the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill here.

Women's union officials and members held a meeting and performances of art groups of ministries and national agencies and the art group members of the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace were given.

- Choe Ryong Hae, chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, made a field survey of various sectors.

- The Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly issued a decree on conferring the title of model law-observance unit to exemplary units.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article deals with the immortal devotion of Chairman Kim Jong Il to be handed down through generations along with the significant February holiday.

- A meeting of socialist patriotic young pioneers and youth and students took place.

- Working people, youth and students in Jagang Province and service personnel of the Korean People's Army visited the Jangjasan Revolutionary Site every day.

Minju Joson

- An article says that the occurrence of nearly 10 million immigrants in Ukraine is attributable to the pro-U.S. and pro-Western policy of the Ukrainian authorities. -0-