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... thing, a granite obelisk 170 m tall, with a ruby torch on top, may well be the tallest accessible structure in Pyongyang. Because the Ryugyong hotel is off-bounds to visitors. Foreigners in particular. The tower is located on the other side of the Daedong ...
Pyongyang, Korea Dem Peoples Rep
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Ryugyong Hotel Pyongyang
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Pyongyang, Korea Dem Peoples Rep
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... foundation upon which North Korea's economy was based. This is exemplified in the form of my favourite building in Pyongyang, the amazing Ryugyong Hotel, a veritable mountain of a building - literally, it was designed to look like a pyramidal, stylised ...
Pyongyang, Korea Dem Peoples Rep
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Pyongyang, October 10, 2008, Friday |
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... and published "on the order of the National Directorate of Tourism in DPRK". It contained a relatively handy map of downtown Pyongyang, and listed with accompanying pictures and short descriptions a lot of things to see in the country. Some of them, ...
Pyongyang, Korea Dem Peoples Rep
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... built in the late 80s the money ran out, and since then the great dark pyramid has been an embarrassing blot on the Pyongyang landscape. From some locations it's difficult to take a photograph that doesn't feature it somewhere, at least during the day. At ...
Pyongyang, Korea Dem Peoples Rep
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Pyongyang skyline dominated by the Ryugyong Hotel
The vast triangular, mountain-like structure in the distance on the right ...
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