The Pyongyang skyline is growing -- and not only with the vanity projects that represent the North Korean state. ... 1 A crane tops off the Pyongyang city skyline on May 8, 2016.

That's pretty obvious when you leave Pyongyang in a van cruising down empty highways--the four-lane one that goes 90 miles south to the border city of Kaesong or the ten-lane expressway to the ...

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 ...

Collaborative video blends time-lapse photography, acceleration and slow motion, HD and digital animation to produce a unique exploration of Asia's most secretive city UK News Website of the Year 2024 ...

When Stewart Lone makes one of his regular visits to Pyongyang, he usually stops by the Pyolmuri Café, a Western-style coffee house in the centre of town.

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 ...

But despite the gleaming images of Pyongyang’s new skyline, high-rise living in North Korea is not necessarily a symbol of ... A small number of Russian tourists visited the city in 2024, ...

Despite its aversion to foreign visitors, North Korea does have several functional hotels in Pyongyang. Until the Ryugyong Hotel is completed, the Yanggakdo International Hotel is the city's largest, ...

The Juche Tower is among the most recognizable structures in North Korea, and is easily spotted on the skyline of Pyongyang, the capital city. It was built in 1982, ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has opened a new group of apartment blocks in the capital Pyongyang. The development comes as part of five-year construction plan that began in 2021 to expand the city.

Inside the abandoned giant ‘Hotel of Doom’ that’s NEVER had a guest The skyline of Pyongyang is dominated by a £1.6billion triangular structure that has been under construction since 1987 ...