Pyongyang, October 15 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Tuesday:

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un convened a consultative meeting on national defence and security. (photo accompanied)

- Successes have been made in various economic sectors and units.

- Men's and women's football matches for the DPRK Championships came to an end.

- A delegation of the DPRK Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports left here for Russia.

- A delegation of the Japanese organization for the study of the Juche idea toured different places.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article says that no matter how desperately the imperialists may resort to the inter-camp confrontation, they can never check the trend of the era of independence.

- Another article discloses the crafty moves of the U.S. and Western countries to evade the responsibility for the climate crisis and shift it onto others.

Minju Joson

- An article marks Global Handwashing Day. -0-