North Korea's The Ryugyong Hotel has spent over 30 years under construction READ MORE: From hidden perks to bizarre requests: ...

The Ryugyong Hotel was the brainchild of Kim Il-sung ... The "hotel," a fine example of the Kim regime's disastrous economic model, was an embarrassment. The government sometimes airbrushed ...

A picture doesn't lie-- the one-hundred-and-five-story Ryugyong Hotel is hideous, dominating the Pyongyang skyline like some twisted North Korean version of Cinderella's castle. Not that you would ...

The Ryugyong Hotel – named after a historical moniker for Pyongyang meaning “capital of willows” – was supposed to open just two years later. But it never did. While the structure reached ...

The Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang ... Bianchi Mr. Bianchi and Ms. Drapic are architects and the authors of “Model City: Pyongyang.” In July 2015, the two of us stepped off a plane at the ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea – Pyongyang's pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel, which poetically enough was built with some help from Egyptians, is one of the world's strangest landmarks and most ...

SEOUL — North Korea's Ryugyong Hotel ranks among the world's most remarkable — and mockable — buildings. It's taller than New York's Chrysler Building and wider at its base than an average ...

A North Korean hotel that has been under construction for almost four decades plans to operate a casino on the premises in the hopes of finally booking in its first guest. The Ryugyong Hotel ...

The Ryugyong Hotel – named after a historical moniker for Pyongyang meaning “capital of willows” – was supposed to open just two years later. But it never did. While the structure reached ...