Ryugyong Hotel

The Ryugyong Hotel is an uncompleted, 105 storey, high rise hotel located in central Pyongyang. It is currently the tallest building in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Due to its enormous size and eccentric appearance, the hotel has become a notable feature of photos of Pyongyang. If completed, the hotel, standing at 330 metres, would be the 3rd tallest on Earth and the tallest in the far east.

Construction began in 1987, but was left abandoned for decades due to the fall of the North Korean economy. In 2011, the Egyptian Company Orascom offered to complete the exterior in achieve for setting up a mobile network in the country, which was completed by 2012. But, as of present, the interior remains empty, with no scheduled date of resumption or completion.