Pyongyang, April 24 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Thursday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un received a flower basket from an honorary director of the Board of Directors of the Kim Il Sung-Kim Jong Il Foundation.

- A flower basket was sent to the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill by members of the Kim Il Sung-Kim Jong Il Foundation.

- Choe Ryong Hae received the credentials from the Serbian Ambassador.

- Officials of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea and agricultural workers held an oath-taking meeting on the occasion of the 93rd founding anniversary of the Korean People's Revolutionary Army.

- A library of Koryo Songgyungwan University was newly built and inaugurated with due ceremony.

- The 38th National Festival of Science and Technology opened.

- A symposium in the field of intellectual property was held.

- The 2025 Spring Garment Exhibition closed.

- A joint meeting took place to mark the 16th anniversary of the establishment of the Russian Centre of Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies.

- A spokesperson for the Korean Jurists Committee issued a press statement stressing that no one can infringe upon the sacred right of Koreans in Japan to democratic national education.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article says that the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un is the great pioneer and great master of creation ushering in a new era of change for national rejuvenation.

- University graduates in South Hamgyong Province volunteered for the revolutionary battle sites, mountainous schools and branch schools.

- Enthusiasm of study tour of anti-Japanese battle sites is getting stronger across the country.

- An article deals with the DPRK-Russia friendly relations developing day by day.

Minju Joson

- An article says that the Workers' Party of Korea is the great guide that turned the DPRK into a dignified country of the people. -0-