A 330-metre pyramid meant to showcase North Korea’s modernity, the Ryugyong Hotel remains empty decades after construction began. Briton Simon Cockerell, one of the few Westerners granted access, ...

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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 ...

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 ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- While North Korea's second launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile dominated headlines late last week, Pyongyang quietly unveiled renovations around the ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea — While North Korea’s second launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile dominated headlines late last week, Pyongyang quietly unveiled renovations around the capital’s ...

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 conspicuous ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — While North Korea’s second launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile dominated headlines late last week, Pyongyang quietly unveiled renovations around the capital’s ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea >> While North Korea’s second launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile dominated headlines late last week, Pyongyang quietly unveiled renovations around the capital’s ...

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