Pyongyang, March 8 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Friday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un guided an artillery firing drill of large combined units of the Korean People's Army. (photos accompanied)

- A national symposium took place to deeply grasp the validity and epochal significance of the Regional Development 20×10 Policy set forth by the Workers' Party of Korea.

- Editorials and articles mark the 114th International Women's Day.

- There was a ceremony for awarding the February 16 Science and Technology Prize.

- The 2024 Pyongyang municipal tourist souvenir exhibition is going on.

- An enlarged meeting of the Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for Friendship and Solidarity with the Korean People took place and an action program was adopted there.

Rodong Sinmun

- Vietnamese media observed the fifth anniversary of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un's official goodwill visit to Vietnam.

- There took place the 12th enlarged plenary meeting of the Tenth Central Committee of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League.

Minju Joson

- An article exposes the aspect of rotten capitalist society where women are disregarded. -0-