Pyongyang, October 16 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in Rodong Sinmun, a leading newspaper of the DPRK, on Wednesday:

- More than 1.4 million youth and students across the country volunteered to join or rejoin the Korean People's Army.

- An article calls for creditably carrying forward the spirit of defending the country and the revolution in the 1950s.

- The daily introduces achievements made across the country.

- The 2024 Advanced Science and Technology and Products Exhibition opened.

- The respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un sent a birthday spread to a woman centenarian living in Taesong District, Pyongyang.

- A national exhibition of plants - "2024 Plants in DPRK" - closed.

- An article discloses the dual behavior of the U.S. and Western countries hampering the worldwide efforts for overcoming the climate crisis. -0-