Pyongyang, March 11 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Wednesday:

- Destroyer Choe Hyon conducted a strategic cruise missile test-fire. (photos accompanied)

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un sent a reply message to the general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.

- Kim Yo Jong, department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, issued a press statement that the DPRK has a strong will to defend peace and security in the Korean peninsula and the region.

- Preparations for the election of deputies to the 15th Supreme People's Assembly have been pushed forward.

- The sub-constituency committees for the election of deputies to the 15th Supreme People's Assembly displayed voter rolls.

- Meetings were held in various fields and units to vow to implement the decisions of the Ninth Congress of the WPK.

Rodong Sinmun

- Volume 37 (enlarged edition) of "Complete Collection of Kim Il Sung's Works" was published.

- A meeting of young vanguard took place to vow to implement the decisions of the Ninth Congress of the WPK.

- The Cabinet and economic guidance organs organize the brisk economic work to open up a new upsurge in the comprehensive development of socialism.

- Young people in South Phyongan Province volunteered for worksites for implementing the decisions of the Party Congress.

- Graduating class students of senior middle schools in Chongjin City met with a war veteran.

Minju Joson

- An article calls for making full preparations for successfully ensuring the election of deputies to the SPA. -0-