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	Ryugyong Hotel@Everything2.com
		The structure of the "hotel" is composed of three colossal triangles, the tallest standing 300 meters (985 feet) tall, with 105 stories, hence the name.
		Construction of the hotel began in 1987, but was stopped in 1991 for unknown reasons, and the hotel has stood as a towering concrete shell ever since.
		It's generally assumed construction came to a halt because North Korea was suffering from a famine (the hotel was to have 7 revolving restaurants), an acute electricity shortage, and they basically ran out of money (the hotel cost upwards of $700 million, which is about 2% of North Korea's GDP).
	www.everything2.com /index.pl?lastnode_id=414842&node_id=1160111 (608 words)

	Ari on the web: A place to rest my head
		The Yanggakdo Hotel is a slice of Cold War Bondesque paranoia writ large.
		Separated from the rest of Pyongyang by a commanding, majestic bridge, Yanggakdo Island is intended as an oasis of western affluence in a desert of North Korean Koreanness.
		The Yanggakdo Hotel is a surprisingly lively place, populated by a range of oddball characters, many of them up to no good, and oddball places for them to be odd and be no good.
	ariontheweb.blogspot.com /2005/03/place-to-rest-my-head.html (1437 words)

	Capital Hotel Beijing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Decades of revolution capital hotel beijing and turmoil in China, along with unprecedented economic growth since the early 1990s, have had disastrous consequences for Beijing, one of the oldest capital hotel beijing and greatest capital cities in the world.
		Yanggakdo Hotel - Yanggakdo Hotel is one of the largest and most luxurious hotels in North Korea.
		Chongnyon Hotel - The Chongnyon Hotel is a Class 'A' hotel located in P'yongyang, the capital city of North Korea.
	www.gohbelfast.com /capitalhotelbeijing.html (607 words)

	Cyberspace - Karl Mamer
		At 105 floors, the Ryugyong Hotel would have been the world's largest hotel if work had not come to a halt in 1991.
		It's generally assumed construction came to a halt because North Korea was suffering from a famine (the hotel was to have 7 revolving restaurants), an acute electricity shortage, and they basically ran out of money (the hotel cost upwards of $700 million, which is about 2% of North Korea's GDP).
		The hotel is no longer found on stamps and newly issued maps.
	www.yrad.com /essays/hotel.htm (392 words)

	Revolving restaurant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The building remains stationary and the diners are carried on the revolving floor, usually at a rate of one revolution per hour.
		They are located on upper stories of hotels, television towers and skyscrapers, and offer 360 degree views of the surrounding city.
		The Pearl of the Orient, Ambassador Hotel, Mumbai
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Revolving_restaurant (292 words)

	Ryugyong Hotel - Definition, explanation
		The Ryugyong Hotel (or Ryu-Gyong Hotel) is a towering, empty concrete shell in Sojang-dong, in the Potong-gang District of Pyongyang, North Korea.
		If the building were ever completed it would be one of the world's largest hotels, and one of the world's biggest and largest buildings overall.
		According to Emporis, the concrete used in building the Ryugyong Hotel is of unsuitable quality and therefore is unsafe.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/r/ry/ryugyong_hotel.php (312 words)

	Pyongyang Hotel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Ryugyong Hotel (or Ryu-Gyong Hotel) is a towering, empty concrete shell in Sojang-dong, in the Potong-gang...
		Hotel North Korea Sosan Hotel Pyongyang North Korea Potonggang Hotel North Korea Pyongyang Hotel North Korea Ryanggang Hotel North Korea Taedonggang...
		The Ryugyong Hotel is a towering, 105-story, 330 m (1,083 ft) empty concrete shell in Pyongyang, North Korea...
	www.cheapdiscounthotels.org /cheap_discount_city_hotels_11/Pyongyang-hotel.html (456 words)

	www.jansverma.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		From the airport we drove to the great monument on Mansu hill where we were asked to commemorate Kim Il Sung by laying flowers at the foot of his enormous statue. Next we drove to the army circus were got a acrobatic performance with very great Korean music.
		One of the two tourist hotels (together with the Koreo hotel) in the city.
		The hotels is situated on Yanggakdo island together with the international cinema and the Yanggakdo football stadium.
	www.jansverma.com /korea/journey/arrival (1035 words)

	The Seoul Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The North Korean colors flutter in the breeze with the Yanggakdo hotel in the background and the golf course in the foreground.
		One such rough, is located on an island in the middle of Pyongyang, the Yanggakdo hotel.
		The major feature of this hotel however is the nine hole, par three golf course, complete with bunkers, sand traps and water hazards.
	theseoultimes.com /ST/db/read.php?idx=1298 (614 words)

	InfoHub - View Single Post - Journey into Kimland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The hotel, while far from luxurious, was fine.
		The hotel, complete with meeting rooms, restaurants, a nightclub, and a revolving bar at the top, is located on a small island in the center of the Taedong River.
		Relatively isolated, with the only connections to the rest of the city being two bridges, the hotel seemed a perfect spot to house foreigners.
	www.infohub.com /forums/showpost.php?p=11926&postcount=4 (651 words)

	Accommodation Items for North Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Pyongyang Koryo Hotel is fairly centrally located near the main Pyongyang railway station.
		Classified by the North Korean government as a deluxe hotel, it is a 45-story, twin-towered building built in 1985.
		The Yanggakdo Hotel is located on Yanggakdo "goat head" Island in the Taedong River.
	www.northkorea1on1.com /pageitems.cfm?ptid=Accommodation&PageType=City&id=pyongyan (187 words)

	Accommodation Items for North Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		This required a tourism infrastructure of hotels, restaurants, guides, buses, taxis, roads, etc. The problem was that with the collapse of the Soviet Union everyone wanted hard currency and would no longer accept barter tourism.
		In other cities hotels are usually not as tall but are located in convenient places for access to the local sites.
		They are the "Hyangsan Hotel" in Myohyang, the "Kaesong Folkloric Hotel" in Kaesong, and the "Koryo Hotel" and the "Yanggakdo Hotel", both in Pyongyang.
	www.northkorea1on1.com /pageitems.cfm?ptid=Accommodation&PageType=Country&id=korn (249 words)

	Wired New York Forum - THE HIGH RISES OF PYONGYANG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		There are actually theories that Pyongyang is a large-scale Potemkin village, meaning that all the impressive tall buildings and classy hotels are merely a façade to keep secret something else—that the city is nearly empty due to famine, and most people either died or were forced out to work on the farm.
		From what I've heard foreigners are not allowed to go into those buildings, nor has anyone in their accounts written of a real sign of habitation.
		The only hotel accessible to tourists, the Koryo, is on a large island in the middle of the river that runs through Pyongyang and it takes too long to access it on foot; as such tourists' accessibility to the city is limited—and the Pyongyangese's accessibility to the hotel is limited as well.
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/printthread.php?t=4083 (1383 words)

	Pyongyang travel guide - Wikitravel
		Yanggakdo Hotel - This is where most tourists in Pyongyang end up staying.
		It is situated on Yanggakdo Island, in the middle of the Taedong River.
		It is 47 stories tall, has several restaurants (including a revolving restaurant on the top), and a kitsch casino in the basement where you can watch Chinese gamblers go wild.
	wikitravel.org /en/Pyongyang (438 words)

	Yanggakdo International Hotel, Pyongyang : Read reviews and compare prices at Ciao.co.uk
		Accorhotels.com, over 4,000 hotels worldwide, from budget to luxury hotels: Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure, Dorint, Suitehotel, Ibis, Etap, Formule 1.
		The single room I was allocated was the smallest I had ever seen - the tiny bed was crammed in underneath a beam which ran diaginally across it, and there was one to match in the miniscule toilet.
		It is described as "A luxury hotel and superbly appointed business and conference centre close to the the heart of the financial capital of our country" The brochure goes on to say ".....impeccable service and sumptuous comfort in elegant surroundings; it fulffils you every need." Unfortunately on my recent visit I found the service...
	travel.ciao.co.uk /Yanggakdo_International_Hotel_Pyongyang__6238963 (766 words)

	The Seoul Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The North Korean colors flutter in the breeze with the Yanggakdo hotel in the background and the golf course in the foreground.
		One such rough, is located on an island in the middle of Pyongyang, the Yanggakdo hotel.
		The major feature of this hotel however is the nine hole, par three golf course, complete with bunkers, sand traps and water hazards.
	www.theseoultimes.com /ST/db/read.php?idx=1298 (614 words)

	Individual Holidays in North Korea
		This hotel is used a great deal by Regent clients and is located within walking distance of the main central sights such as Tiananmen Square, and is also very close to numerous shops, restaurants and a metro station.
		From the airport make the journey out of the suburbs into central Pyongyang, and checking in at the Yanggakdo Hotel, the 47 storey hotel where you will be based whilst in Pyongyang.
		Spa treatment is available at this hotel which is on the shore of Lake Sijung.
	www.regent-holidays.co.uk /nkindiv.html (1647 words)

	Marjolein's Travel Blog (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I have a nice room in the Corniche hotel along the boulevard in old Al Mukalla — alas not with a sea view, but instead a view of the nearby mosque from my own little balcony — and I have three beds to choose from.
		Most hotels in Yemen provide bath slippers, and so does the Corniche, but they clearly have their own ideas about this service here: in front of my bathroom I find two differently-colored right-foot slippers of two different sizes.
		The center of the old city of Al Mukalla lies on a little land tongue, not far from our hotel: First a little walk along the boulevard, with a view of the harbor with lots of little fishing boats anchored there; then into the the narrow little streets of the old city.
	blog.iamback.com (2836 words)

	North Korea Hotels Reviews, Tips, Photos - VirtualTourist.com
		You will be closer to real life than in a luxury hotel, such as the Koryo or the Yanggakdo, i.e.
		The hotel is very close to the city centre and thus makes an evening walk (with your guides) through central Pyongyang a possibility.
		Most tourist stay in Pyongyang at the Yanggakdo Hotel, in Kaesong in the Folklore Hotel and in Myongyang at the Myongyang Hotel near the Friendship exhibition.
	www.virtualtourist.com /hotels/Asia/North_Korea/Hotels_and_Accommodations-North_Korea-R-1.html (677 words)

	Pyongyang Hotel websites & guides. Find the best Pyongyang Hotel sites & search for cheap deals, top packages ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Yu-Kyung Hotel or the 105 Building) is a towering, empty concrete shell that was once intended for use as a hotel in Sojang-dong, in the Potong-gang District of Pyongyang, North Korea.
		Pyongyang Hotel North Korea, north korea hotels, hotels north korea, hotel north...
		The Urinals of the Pyongyang Koryo Hotel The Pyongyang Koryo Hotel is a luxury hotel located in Pyongyang, North Korea.
	www.holidayaward.com /travel/search/Pyongyang-Hotel/1-4.html (291 words)

	DPRK visit, 2002
		It is supposed to be a 105-story hotel, but has never been completed, and is already shedding concrete in giant slabs.
		Yanggak Island (Yanggakdo) is southeast of the center and connected to the town with a bridge.
		The hotel was built in about 1994 by the French, and looks to be more than 20 years old.
	www.ncf.carleton.ca /~da710/DPRK.html (8329 words)

	The Standard - China's Business Newspaper
		The night will drag on into the wee hours, including a trek to another bar inside a tent, returning to the compound that is the Yanggakdo and heading to the basement where a casino is waiting to swallow just about everyone's money.
		Nevertheless, the hotels had never seen anything like the hordes of tourists who flocked to the capital during the second week of October.
		Viewed from the vantage point of the flash-card stadium and the hotel bar, the North Korean threat seems only slightly more plausible than that posed by Iraq, another sanctions-saddled state, when it was invaded by the US.
	www.thestandard.com.hk /weekend_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=5478&con_type=3&d_str=20051112 (1705 words)

	My Travels to Pyongyang and North Korea - Day 1
		That done, we were off to the Yanggakdo Hotel, where we were to stay for the week.
		There was talk that we might be put up in the bigger Koryo Hotel, but it seems NK authorities prefer this one, because its location makes it easier to keep tourists under lock and key.
		Then to dinner in Dining Room One and later a couple of beers with M from Canada in the revolving restaurant on the 47th floor.
	www.geocities.com /dprk02/day1.htm (1855 words)

	People to People Ambassador Programs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Upon arrival, clear customs at Pyongyang airport, meet your local guide and transfer to the Yanggakdo Hotel, where we will stay while in the capital.
		Situated on the Yanggak Islet in central Pyongyang, the hotel is over 40 stories topped by a revolving restaurant, and it boasts outstanding views from all sides.
		The hotel also features other restaurants, shops, bars, a sauna and more.
	www.ambassadorprograms.org /upcomingprograms/culture/print/print_n_korea.asp (848 words)

	Pyongyang travel guide - Wikitravel
		After all, a 3rd-class hotel might spoil your impression of the spotless and happy country of North Korea.
		It is situated on Yanggakdo Island, in the middle of the Taedong River.
		Ryanggang Hotel, Chongchun Street (at the junction of the Taedonggang and Potonggang rivers), Mangyongdae district, +850 2 73825.
	www.wikitravel.org /en/Pyongyang (953 words)

	InfoHub - My travels to Pyongyang and North Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		That done, we were off to the Yanggakdo Hotel, where we were to stay for the week.
		There was talk that we might be put up in the bigger Koryo Hotel, but it seems NK authorities prefer this one, because its location makes it easier to keep tourists under lock and key.
		The Ryugyong Hotel stuck out of the skyline like a sore thumb (see Day 1), but I loved the river and the two enormous fountains on either side of the tower, blowing water up to 150m in the air.
	www.infohub.com /forums/printthread.php?t=4150 (3710 words)

	Daimnation!: China's hot new holiday destination
		It's kind of like the reason so many people want to visit Cuba - right down to the luxury hotels from which ordinary citizens are banned.
		A tycoon from Macau has opened a casino and nightclub in Pyongyang's luxurious Yanggakdo Hotel, catering almost entirely to Chinese tourists.
		As a result, the casino has hired more than 100 young Chinese workers for wages of about $240 (U.S.) a month -- but they are forbidden to leave the hotel except on brief escorted shopping excursions.
	www.damianpenny.com /archived/001703.html (319 words)

	Holidays in North Korea
		A 9 day special one-off tour for 2005which takes in, along with the main sites, a visit to the Mt.Paekdu area - a rarely visited part of North Korea that can only be accessed by a specially chartered flight from £1460 per person.
		Transfer from hotel to airport for flight to Pyongyang.
		Meet with guide and transfer from airport to the Hotel Yanggakdo.
	www.regent-holidays.co.uk /koreaspecial.html (535 words)

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		We all stayed in Pyongyang at the Yanggakdo Hotel on Yanggak Island in the Taedong river.
		If you have a choice, avoid this isolated hotel and try to get into the Koryo, which is downtown and near the postage stamp store and a department store.
		We next went to the DPRK airline company (Koryo) in a hotel in Shenyang.
	www.kingsnake.com /books/bookdetail.php?ASIN=1841620742 (1350 words)

	North Korea: Kingdom of the Absurd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Yanggakdo, the Island of Goat’s Head, lies in the middle of Taedong River which divides Pyongyang into two.
		One of the three “deluxe” hotel in the country, the Yanggakdo Hotel’s height and location provides a wonderful panoramic view of the city and its many huge monuments.
		More importantly for the authorities, its locality on an island means that the tourist cannot easily wander off on his own.
	weecheng.com /asia/dprk/1/ulthm1.htm (2792 words)

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