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Investigations into North Korean projects — the Ryugyong Hotel, a 105-storey prestige tower that has never opened.

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North Korea appears in 1 Project Insider Asia investigation, covering Megaprojects. Featured: Ryugyong Hotel: The 105-Storey Hotel That Has Never Welcomed a Guest.

The 105-storey glass-clad Ryugyong Hotel pyramid dominating the Pyongyang skyline, unfinished and unoccupied since construction began in 1987
Megaprojects~$750M estimated (unverified); ~$180M reported facade works

Ryugyong Hotel: The 105-Storey Hotel That Has Never Welcomed a Guest

Started in 1987 to Outbuild the South, Pyongyang's Glass Pyramid…

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