Pyongyang, March 24 (KCNA) -- Senior middle school graduates in South Hwanghae Province of the DPRK have volunteered to stand at military posts for national defence.

Those in Haeju City petitioned for sending them to the forefront posts of national defence, hardening their will to defend the beloved country.

Graduates in Paechon and Kangryong counties, too, vowed to join in the army.

Those in Yonan, Ongjin and Anak counties are full of enthusiasm and will to defend the security of the country and the happiness of the people, mindful of the request of their loving alma maters and native places.

At congratulatory meetings held in relevant areas, speakers asked all the graduates to become true soldiers who are faithful to the ideas and leadership of the respected fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un.

Those graduates expressed their determination to defend the gains of the revolution with arms by succeeding to the baton of loyalty and patriotism of the victorious wartime generation.

Performances were given to congratulate the graduate students who volunteered for military service. -0-