Tour of the "hidden" 5th floor of North Korea's Yanggakdo Hotel. — -- For nearly a decade, Young Pioneer Tours offered travelers from the United States and other countries the chance to see ...

Having first opened its doors in 1998, The Yanggakdo is North Korea's first luxury hotel, and authorities now hope to emulate the success of its foreigners-only casino in the Ryugyong.

The tallest occupied building in North Korea, the Yanggakdo Hotel, towers over Pyonghang, harboring a secret. The fifth floor is missing from the elevator panel, and while it can be accessed by ...

They were staying in the Yanggakdo Hotel in the capital. According to North Korea tour operator KTG, the Pyongyang establishment has 47 floors and 1001 bedrooms. Related articles ...

The Yanggakdo is North Korea's largest hotel and the second tallest building in the country. It towers over Pyongyang, but it also harbors a secret.. The fifth floor is missing from the elevator ...

The Yanggakdo International Hotel is one of the largest operating hotels in North Korea Western tourists wanting to visit North Korea in 2011 needed the assistance of a private tour operator.

If, on a recent Wednesday morning, you had happened to find yourself in the cavernous lobby of Pyongyang's Yanggakdo Hotel, you might have witnessed the following exchange, between a pleasant ...

PYONGYANG -- I’m standing outside the Egyptian Palace nightclub in Pyongyang’s Yanggakdo Hotel, a place that promises all the advantages of a combination bar, nightclub, sauna and massage ...

At 47 stories, the Yanggakdo is in the second tallest building in North Korea, after the unoccupied, pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel.It features a tea room-slash-brewpub and a mail room-slash ...

Back at Yanggakdo Hotel, the guides encouraged the group to once again join them for drinks. They didn't stay long. It had been a busy week.