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Date: 23/01/2021 | Source: KCNA.kp (En) | Read original version at source

Pyongyang, January 23 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Saturday:

Mass rallies were held in cities and counties to extend the highest glory to Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un upon his election as general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and to vow to thoroughly implement the decisions made at the 8th Congress of the WPK.

Successes were registered in different sectors of the national economy.

The emergency anti-epidemic campaign is being intensified across the country.

The number of COVID-19 cases has reached more than 98 028 500 and death toll over 2 097 670 worldwide.

Rodong Sinmun

Officials and working people across the country are deeply studying the documents and decisions of the 8th Congress of the WPK.

The remodeled Pyongyang Electronic Medical Appliances Factory was inaugurated.

Minju Joson

An editorial calls for opening up a period of a new upsurge and gigantic transformation in socialist construction by thoroughly implementing the decisions made at the 8th Congress of the WPK. -0-

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