Pyongyang, March 13 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Thursday:

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

- Graduate students of senior middle schools in North Phyongan Province volunteered for military service at forefront border posts.

- The joint rotating pennants were awarded to units which set examples in carrying out the agricultural production.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article says that the powerful political and military muscle is a symbol of the dignity and strength of the country.

- Young volunteers in Jagang Province advanced into difficult and labor-consuming sectors of socialist construction.

- Fishery stations in South Phyongan Province successfully ensured the first outing for spring fishing.

- An article says that the deception and reactionary nature of polycentrism, loudly advertised by the Western world as a "prototype of liberal democracy", can never be covered up.

Minju Joson

- An article deals with the immortal leadership exploits of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un for the regional development revolution.

- Another article discloses that the Japanese society, riddled with crimes, is the ruins of human morality, a veritable hell caused by degeneration and evil doings. -0-