Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, is one of the tallest unoccupied buildings in the world. Construction on the "Hotel of Doom" began in 1987 and has stopped and started several times. One side ...

In this Dec. 18, 2018, photo, people cross a street as pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel is seen in the background in Pyongyang, North Korea. Transformed into the backdrop for a gargantuan propaganda ...

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In 1987, ground was broken on a grand new hotel in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang. The pyramid-shaped, supertall skyscraper was to exceed 1,000 feet in height, and was designed to house at least ...

North Korea's Ryugyong hotel, described as the worst building in the history of mankind by Esquire magazine, is set to open partially for business this spring, 23 years behind the schedule, ...

The unfinished building is a reminder of North Korea's thwarted ambition (Pic courtesy Ray Cunningham Jr) Infamously ugly and unfinished, the shell of the Ryugyong Hotel dominates North Korea's ...

The Ryugyong Hotel, North Korea’s so-called “Hotel of Doom,” a 105-story, pyramid-shaped building, is nearing completion after nearly three decades of false starts. The Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, ...

Satellite images indicated that construction trucks were around the hotel vicinity. (Getty Image) Pyongyang, October 17: North Korea resumed construction of the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, after ...

Since foreign visitors to North Korea's capital are so few (the airport has only one functioning runway), it is no surprise that those planning to stay a while have a narrow range of accommodation ...

Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, is one of the tallest unoccupied buildings in the world. Construction on the "Hotel of Doom" began in 1987 and has stopped and started several times. One side ...