Press Review

Pyongyang, August 20 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Thursday:

- Achievements are being made in different units and parts of the country.

- The national students' sports games opened.

- The Indian embassy here hosted a reception to mark its independence day.

 

Rodong Sinmun

- More than 4 000 members of the Socialist Women's Union of Korea have volunteered for the worksites of socialist construction since the Eighth Congress of the SWUK.

- Events took place in different countries to celebrate the 81st anniversary of Korea's liberation.

 

Minju Joson

- An editorial calls for ensuring the stable and sustainable development of the overall economy by decisively increasing coal production.

- The DPRK foreign minister sent a message of greeting to her Indonesian counterpart. -0-