Pyongyang, August 22 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Thursday:

- Successes are being made in various sectors of the national economy.

- "Nonggunmaeng" tractor and cultivators, provided by organizations of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea were handed over to the Ogye Farm in Anbyon County, Kangwon Province.

- A national sci-tech presentation in the field of pharmaceutical industry took place.

- A national sci-tech presentation in the field of educational information was held.

- The Nicaraguan ambassador to the DPRK visited the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum.

Rodong Sinmun

- The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un received a message of greeting from the president of the Republic of Uganda.

- An editorial calls upon all officials to become pioneers of good virtue and traits leading the harmony of the collective and the development of society.

- A ceremony for moving into new houses was held at the Pugo Farm in Chongam District of Chongjin City, North Hamgyong Province.

- An article says that only when the anti-imperialist struggle is waged vigorously, can global independence be hastened.

Minju Joson

- An article says that attaching importance to figure is an essential prerequisite for success in the work.

- Another article discloses the craftiness and viciousness of the "cultural rule" enforced by the Japanese imperialists during their occupation of Korea in the last century. -0-