Pyongyang, February 22 (KCNA) -- The 2024 winter aesthetic symposium in the field of land and environment protection took place at the Sci-Tech Complex on Feb. 21.

Present at the symposium on the theme of "Improving water quality and creating landscape" were Kim Kyong Jun, minister of Land and Environment Protection, officials, scientists and teachers in the field of land and environment protection and relevant fields.

There was a video show on the successes made in improving water quality and the deviations revealed in the work for protecting water environment.

Speeches were made.

Speakers explained the ways for raising the self-purification capacity of rivers and lakes and improving the water quality of urban rivers and streams, and called for turning the DPRK into a people's paradise with beautiful and clean environment. -0-