{"id":92915,"date":"2016-12-05T14:06:05","date_gmt":"2016-12-05T19:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=92915"},"modified":"2016-12-05T14:06:05","modified_gmt":"2016-12-05T19:06:05","slug":"north-koreas-ryugyong-hotel-prepares-business-pyongyang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/north-koreas-ryugyong-hotel-prepares-business-pyongyang\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea&#8217;s Ryugyong Hotel prepares for business in Pyongyang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Video footage shows at least three rooms were lit up at the top of the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang<\/p>\n<p>Workers began building the pyramid-shaped hotel nearly 30 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Work was abandoned in 1992, and has not been improved upon since 2011 when it was coated in \u00a3111 million glass panes.<\/p>\n<p>Egyptian billionaire\u00a0Naguib Sawiris was reportedly flown in to &#8216;discuss the future&#8217; of the hotel, according to the Daily Star.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sawiris is also CEO of Orascom, who operate North Korea&#8217;s mobile network, and worked on the tower in 2008.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The anonymous visitor said: &#8220;Apparently he&#8217;s there for a visit to the Ryugyong to see about working on that again.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/2540076170001\/Ey9zhZNae_default\/index.html?videoId=5235649228001\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>The Ryugyong Hotel is an unfinished 105-story pyramid-shaped skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Its name is also one of the historical names for Pyongyang. 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