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'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 construction-project fails.

It’s a ready-to-launch spaceship, it’s a post-apocalyptic command center—no, it’s a completely empty hotel. Towering above the boxy gray buildings of downtown Pyongyang, the abandoned, 1,083-foot ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

A tour agency has released the first public photos from inside the tallest and most notorious building in North Korea: the 105-story, pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel, which remains unfinished more than ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea — 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 grand ...

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 ...

SATELLITE images have picked up something happening at the Ryugyong Hotel, the $750m project that’s been three decades in the making. The Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, nicknamed the Hotel of Doom, is a ...

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The shiny three-sided facade gives the impression the hotel is nearly finished Pictures have emerged showing the inside of a 105-storey pyramid-shaped hotel that has been under construction in ...