Pyongyang, May 14 (KCNA) -- The 18th Symposium on Architectural Aesthetics took place through video-conferencing at the Sci-Tech Complex in the DPRK on Wednesday.

Present at the symposium on the theme of "New era of transformation for national rejuvenation and Juche-based architecture" were officials and technicians in the fields of construction design, supervision of construction, building operation, urban management, land and environment protection and industrial art.

The participants first watched a video on the advanced construction technology.

Speeches were made by Song Il, head of an office of the State General Bureau of Design, and Pak Il Hun, vice department director of the Ministry of Construction and Building-Materials Industry.

The speakers referred to the fact that under the wise leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, new streets were erected in the capital city and other gigantic edifices such as large greenhouse farms, offshore farms and regional-industry factories were built in different parts of the country.

They explained the theoretical and practical issues arising in creating the Korean architectural style symbolic of the civilization in the era of the Workers' Party, introducing it into the overall construction and developing the country's building-stone industry.

They expressed their resolve to fulfill their responsibility and duty in the struggle to steadily usher in a great golden age of construction by successfully applying the Workers' Party of Korea's idea and theory on Juche-oriented architectural aesthetics. -0-