The 1,083-foot Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang, was supposed to be the world’s tallest hotel. But after 32 years, it’s still not open.

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.

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 ...

SEOUL — North Korea’s phantom hotel is stirring back to life. Once dubbed by Esquire magazine as “the worst building in the history of mankind,” the 105-storey Ryugyong Hotel is back under ...

North Korea’s $750 million Ryugyong Hotel was meant to be a symbol of power, but it has stood abandoned for 30 years. What went wrong? #NorthKorea #AbandonedPlaces #Architecture ...

Three rooms at the top of the so-called 'hotel of doom', which is still not open, have recently seen to be lit up ...

Officially known as the Ryugyong Hotel, the project has been delayed since 1987. ... A fter 30 years of vacancy, rumor has it that North Korea has resumed work on the so-called Hotel of Doom.

North Korea’s towering but perennially empty “Hotel of Doom” is finally getting some use — just not by any guests. The exterior of the Ryugyong Hotel that’s been towering over Pyongyang ...

A selection of objects that the photographer has collected in his 40 trips through North Korea. Read more » Produced by Rodrigo de Benito Sanz, David Furst, Douglas Schorzman and Rumsey Taylor.

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 ...