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  2. Ryugyong Hotel - Wikipedia

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    The Ryugyong Hotel (Korean: 류경호텔; sometimes spelled as Ryu-Gyong Hotel), or Yu-Kyung Hotel, [3] is a 330 m (1,080 ft) tall unfinished pyramid-shaped skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea. Its name ( lit. "capital of willows") is also one of the historical names for Pyongyang. [ 4 ]

  3. World's tallest empty hotel lit up with N. Korean propaganda

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    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 but empty pyramid ...

  4. List of hotels in North Korea - Wikipedia

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    The hotel is very small with only 12 rooms (1 First Class Room and 11 Third Class Rooms) but he most luxurious hotel in North Korea. [10] Ryanggang Hotel: Located in the Mangyongdae District of North Korea, [11] it has 330 rooms. Ryugyong Hotel: A 105-storey pyramid-shaped skyscraper still under construction in Pyongyang, North Korea.

  5. Yanggakdo International Hotel - Wikipedia

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    The Yanggakdo International Hotel is the largest operating hotel in North Korea, pending the completion of the Ryugyong Hotel, and the country's seventh- or eighth-tallest building. [1] [2] [3] The hotel is located on Yanggak Island in the River Taedong, two kilometres (1.2 mi) to the south-east of the centre of Pyongyang, the

  6. Putin gets lavish welcome in North Korea, signs partnership ...

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    State media photos showed streets of Pyongyang lined with portraits of Putin and the facade of the unfinished and vacant 101-story pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel brightly lit with a giant message ...

  7. List of tallest buildings in North Korea - Wikipedia

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    The new hotel could accommodate 1,000 people and be located along the beach in Wonsan. Construction of the hotel is planned to last 26 months. KKG Avenue Hotel 1 Pyongyang: 192 m (630 ft) 50 A new hotel complex will be built starting in 2008. [35] Currently, this area is located on Mirae Scientists Street . KKG Avenue Hotel 2 Pyongyang: 192 m ...

  8. Potonggang-guyok - Wikipedia

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    It is most famous as the location of the Ryugyong Hotel. It is named after the Pothong River (literally "the simple river"), which serves as the district's border on all sides. It is bordered to the north by Hyongjesan-guyok, to the east by Sosong and Moranbong-guyoks, to the south by Pyongchon and Chung-guyoks, and to the west by Mangyongdae-guyok

  9. Portal:North Korea/Selected article/5 - Wikipedia

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    The Ryugyong Hotel is an unfinished 105-story, 330-metre-tall (1,080 ft) pyramid-shaped skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea.Its name ("capital of willows") is also one of the historical names for Pyongyang.