North Korea has inaugurated five newly built hotels in Samjiyon, a northern city near the country's highest mountain, Mount Paektu, as its leader Kim Jong-un expressed an "unshakable" will to develop ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended the opening ceremonies of hotels in a tourist zone of the country with his daughter Ju Ae, as he sought to highlight the country's economic progress before a ...

THE pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea, which poetically enough was built with some help from Egyptians, was intended to be the tallest hotel in the world. It has never hosted a guest.

North Korea is demolishing a $37 million South Korean–built hotel at Mount Kumgang, signaling the end of tourism diplomacy ...