Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. North Korea's tallest building is an abandoned hotel that has never hosted a single guest. Take a closer look at the 'Hotel of ...

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 ...

The Ryugyong Hotel in the center of North Korea's capital city Pyongyang, must count as one of the strangest building projects, not to say one of the ugliest, in the world. Construction began in 1987 ...

Since foreign visitors to North Korea's capital are so few (the airport has only one functioning runway), it is no surprise that those planning to stay a while have a narrow range of accommodation ...

Started two Kims ago, under the reign of current leader Kim Jong-un’s grandfather, Kim il-Sung, it is a prominent reminder of the regime’s disastrous economy. Australian student and alleged “spy” Alek ...

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 ...

At 1,080 feet, North Korea's Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang is one of the tallest unoccupied buildings in the world. The 105-story "Hotel of Doom," which is also North Korea's tallest building, has never ...