Pyongyang, March 12 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Thursday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un inspected a major munitions factory. (photos accompanied)

- Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea held a meeting to pledge loyalty to implement the decisions of the Ninth Congress of the WPK.

- Meetings between the candidates for deputies and voters are now underway at the constituencies across the country.

- A meeting of workers and members of the General Federation of Trade Unions of Korea took place to vow to implement the decisions of the Ninth Congress of the WPK.

- The fifth meeting of the 25th Central Committee of the General Association of Korean Residents in Japan was held.

Rodong Sinmun

- The 15th enlarged plenary meeting of the Seventh Central Committee of the Socialist Women's Union of Korea was held.

- Young people in South Hwanghae Province and the railway transport sector petitioned to work at difficult and labor consuming worksites for socialist construction.

- Graduating class students of senior middle schools in North Hwanghae Province volunteered for military service in the forefront border posts.

- A ceremony of dispatching information and motivation forces and means was held in Pyongyang.

- The 39th Pyongyang Municipal Festival of Science and Technology opened.

Minju Joson

- An article says that Russia is making positive efforts to preserve, carry forward and develop the national culture and traditions. -0-