Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, ... It remains empty, like the rest of the hotel. More external work began on the hotel in 2008 with the installation of glass panels over its entire surface.

Nearly 30 years—and an estimated $750 million—after its construction began, the empty and unused Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang remains a glorified telecommunications antenna.

North Korea’s towering but perennially empty “Hotel of Doom” is finally getting some use — just not by any guests. The exterior of the Ryugyong Hotel that’s been towering over Pyongyang ...

From ELLE DECOR. In 1987, workers began constructing what would be the tallest hotel in the world in Pyongyang, North Korea. The frame was finished two years later - a little behind schedule, the ...

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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 ...

North Korea: Ryugyong 'Hotel of Doom' is one of the biggest mysteries in Pyongyang. Three rooms at the top of the so-called 'hotel of doom', which is still not open, have recently seen to be lit up ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The 105-story Ryugyong Hotel has long been a blot on the Pyongyang skyline. The world's tallest unoccupied building has towered over North Korea's capital since ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — 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 ...