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 ...

Set to be the jewel in the country’s crown, the 330-metre-tall structure was designed to hold at least 3000 rooms across 105 storeys, with five lavish revolving restaurants at the top. If construction ...

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 1987, a ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - A towering North Korean hotel which Esquire magazine once dubbed "the worst building in the history of mankind" has come back to life with a facade of shiny glass windows affixed to ...

Towering 1,080 feet over the skyline of Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, the Ryugyong Hotel stands as one of the most striking and mysterious buildings in the world. But it's not famous for its ...

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It's a building that captures the essence of North Korean leadership: Flamboyant, unserviceable, and stagnating. Koryo, a Beijing-based travel company that specializes in tourist trips to North Korea ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The 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 1987, empty and ...