Pyongyang, August 14 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Thursday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un received flower baskets from the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and Russian personages on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation.

- Organizations of Koreans and compatriots in China sent flower baskets to the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation.

- Kim Jong Un received congratulatory messages and letters from different countries on the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War.

- Articles praise the exploits of Kim Il Sung for national liberation.

- On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation

An art exhibition opened, and oratorical meetings of workers and trade union members, officials and members of the women's union and a meeting of the schoolchildren to hear impressions of the reminiscences of anti-Japanese guerrillas took place.

- Agricultural workers and members of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea held a meeting to celebrate the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation.

- The main building area of the Academy of Poultry Science has been newly face-lifted.

- A meeting to review the results of the general mobilization for land management in the spring of 2025 and the forest restoration in the first half of 2025 was held.

- The summer aesthetic symposium in the field of land and environment protection-2025 took place.

- Projects for building the Ragwon County Offshore Farm are progressing apace at the final stage.

- A delegation of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation arrived here.

- KCNA comments on the U.S.-led multinational military drills recently staged in the West Pacific region one after another.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article says that many officials, working people, youth and students climbed Mt Paektu this year marking the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation.

- Another article notes that the anti-imperialist independent forces are the entity of powerful strength overwhelming imperialism and the mighty driving force pushing forward the struggle for building an independent and just new world.

Minju Joson

- An article calls for accelerating the overall development of socialism with the noble spirit and fighting stamina displayed by the first generation of the revolution.

- Another article stresses that the crimes related to sexual slavery committed by the Japanese imperialists can never be erased. -0-

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