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The Fake Shangri La Hotel North Korea Uses To Deceive The Outside World

North Korea’s so-called “six-star” Hyangsan Hotel rises like a pyramid in the mountains — a surreal oasis of marble floors, glass chandeliers, rotating restaurants, and constant electricity in a ...
EL PAÍS EnglishOpinion

Cyclones, mines and a murder: The cursed story of the floating hotel that traveled the Pacific and ended up in North Korea

The first ‘flotel’ in history, a seven-story behemoth with tennis courts, opened in 1988 in the middle of the sea. It was a ...
The Atlantic

A Peek Inside North Korea's Mega-Hotel

It's a building that captures the essence of North Korean leadership: Flamboyant, unserviceable, and stagnating. Koryo, a Beijing-based travel company that specializes in tourist trips to North Korea ...
KSAT

North Korea bans foreign tourists to newly opened beach resort

SEOUL – North Korea is banning the entry of foreign tourists to a recently opened mega beach resort, a move that dims prospects for the complex that leader Kim Jong Un hailed it as “one of the ...
Korea JoongAng Daily on MSN

North reportedly building new tourist attraction on coast following Wonsan Kalma establishment

North Korea is reportedly building a new coastal tourist attraction in the northern part of its east coast, following the opening of the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone earlier this year.
The Diplomat

The Challenges of a North Korea Breakthrough

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech at the North’s Academy of Defense Sciences in North Korea, May 28, 2024. The content of this ...