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

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un oversaw a coordinated offensive tactical drill of infantrymen and tankmen's sub-units. (photos accompanied)

- Young people in Kangwon and Ryanggang provinces volunteered to work in difficult and labor-consuming sectors, true to the decisions of the Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea.

- An inter-provincial mass sports contest began as part of the 2026 Spring National Sports Festival.

- Events were held in Russia and its political parties and organizations issued statements as regards the successful holding of the Ninth WPK Congress.

- The Korean Central News Agency in a commentary discloses that the expanded Japanese munitions industry is advancing into the world.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article deals with the bereaved families of war martyrs involved in the overseas military operations who moved into new houses in Saeppyol Street.

- The forest sector has produced many meritorious persons of socialist patriotism and merited foresters for over ten years.

Minju Joson

- A political essay tells about the unshakable faith of the Korean people advancing toward a new prospect clarified by the Ninth WPK Congress. -0-