Pyongyang, August 4 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in Rodong Sinmun, a leading newspaper of the DPRK, on Monday:

- An article says that the spirit of self-reliance and self-development is the revolutionary mettle of the people of a powerful country.

- Another article introduces Pyongyang Municipality dashing forward in the vanguard of the struggle for rural rejuvenation in the new era.

- Ryanggang Province built or remodeled more than 10 goat farms and created a large area of grassland this year and successes are being made in various economic sectors.

- A KCNA commentary denounces Japan for its reckless military moves to bring earlier its self-destruction. -0-