Pyongyang, September 18 (KCNA) -- Following are major news items and articles in leading newspapers of the DPRK on Thursday:

- A ceremony for moving into new houses took place in Kilsong-ri, Kilju County, North Hamgyong Province.

- State academic degrees and titles were conferred on intellectuals.

- A national sci-tech presentation in the field of metallic materials took place.

- An art souvenir exhibition opened in the Wonsan Kalma coastal tourist area.

- Successes are being made in national economic fields and units.

- DPRK wrestler O Kyong Ryong came first in the women's 55kg category of the 2025 World Wrestling Championship.

Rodong Sinmun

- An article calls upon officials, Party members and other working people to fulfill their responsibility and duty in the on-going struggle for bringing earlier the beautiful and rosy future under the slogan "Let us all live and struggle like the meritorious persons of socialist patriotism!"

- A lot of slogans, watchwords and posters on the theme of patriotism were displayed across the country to encourage the masses to give full play to patriotism.

- More than 400 organizations of the Union of Agricultural Workers of Korea won the title of Socialist Patriotic Forest this year.

- Celebrations were held in different countries to mark the 77th founding anniversary of the DPRK.

Minju Joson

- An article deals with the proud reality of the socialist countryside where the vitality of the policy of the Workers' Party of Korea on changing the structure of grain production is being clearly demonstrated.

- Another article says that Japan is putting spurs to the deployment of long-range strike means after throwing off the mask of "defense" in a bid to realize its ambition for the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere". -0-