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Press Review

Date: 17/02/2026 | Source: KCNA.kp (En) | Read original version at source

Pyongyang, February 17 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Tuesday:

- The inauguration ceremony of 10 000 flats at the fourth stage in the Hwasong area was held with splendor. (photos accompanied)

- The respected fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un sent benevolent gifts to the children of revolutionary schools, primary schools for orphans, baby homes and orphanages, primary schools, nurseries and kindergartens across the country on the occasion of the Day of the Shining Star.

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un received congratulatory messages from organizations and bodies of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan on the occasion of the February holiday.

- Senior Party and government officials visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on the occasion of the 84th birth anniversary of Chairman Kim Jong Il .

- Officials, working people, service personnel, youth and students paid floral tribute to the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il in different parts of the country.

- The Nicaraguan ambassador to the DPRK laid a flower basket at the statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill.

- Kim Jong Un sent a birthday spread to a centenarian living in Orang County, North Hamgyong Province.

- There was a splendid ceremony for awarding Party and state commendations to soldier-builders and youth shock brigade members who performed labor feats in the construction of the Sinuiju Combined Greenhouse Farm.

- The Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK issued a decree on awarding state commendations to those who performed labor feats in the construction of the Sinuiju Combined Greenhouse Farm.

- Delegates to the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea arrived here.

- The participants in the People's Art Festival gave performances, a figure skating demonstration was given and dancing parties of youth and students were held.

- The first-term winter camping started at the Jangjasan Children's Camp.

- The newly-built leisure complexes are overflowing with the joy of people.

Rodong Sinmun

- Foreign personages sent flower baskets to the statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill.

- The 14th National Cooking Competition took place.

- The DPRK embassy in Beijing hosted a reception on the occasion of the lunar New Year's Day in 2026.

Minju Joson

- The number of gift animals is increasing at the Central Zoo.

- An article says that developing countries are striving for social progress and prosperity. -0-

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