Pyongyang, August 23 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Saturday:

- A spokesman for the General Staff of the Korean People's Army issued a press statement that the DPRK army will respond to the military provocations of the hostile forces posing direct threat to the safety of the country with only thoroughgoing and indiscriminate exercise of the right to self-defence.

- Successes are being made in different economic sectors and units.

- The agricultural sector is taking thorough-going measures to minimize the damage to crops by disastrous weather.

- A national exhibition of IT achievements of university students and a national scientific research presentation of university students took place.

Rodong Sinmun

- An articles deals with the noble trust and loving care of the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un who trained the members of the Paektusan Hero Youth Shock Brigade into the performers of miracles and feats.

Minju Joson

- An article says that the Workers' Party of Korea is the great guide that puts the national power and prestige of our Republic on the highest level of the world through unyielding offensive. -0-