Ryugyong Hotel: North Korea’s Hotel of Doom

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Source/Further reading:

History of the hotel: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article...
Overview: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/r...
North Korean famine: https://www.history.com/news/north-ko...
In depth: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/...
Tales of the famine: https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-...
Cannibalism in the famine: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/w...
Kim eating pizza as his countrymen starve: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacif...
History podcast on Kim Jong-il, the handover of power, and the famine: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/joe-...
How the LEDs were installed: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-a...
Some words on Pyongyang architecture: https://failedarchitecture.com/pleasu...
Juche explained: https://www.vox.com/world/2018/6/18/1...
2014 apartment collapse: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-2...