After 30 years of vacancy, rumor has it that North Korea has resumed work on the so-called Hotel of Doom. New satellite images show cranes and trucks around the 105-story pyramidal skyscraper officially known as the Ryugyong Hotel, the Telegraph reports. Towering over the nation’s capital Pyongyang, the 3,000 room hotel is the 4th tallest in the world, but has been a work in progress since 1987. A German tourist who recently visited Pyongyang told the Telegraph that they had noticed “some work activity around the entrance hall and surroundings.
North Korea’s ‘hotel Of Doom’ May Finally Be Opening After Decades Of Delay
Casey Quackenbush, Time: World
Wed, 10/18/2017 - 8:13pm
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