The 1,083-foot Ryugyong Hotel in North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang, was supposed to be the world’s tallest hotel. But after 32 years, it’s still not open.

The Ryugyong Hotel, located in Pyongyang, has been under construction for almost four decades -but it now plans to operate a casino on the premises in the hopes of finally booking in its first guest.

PYONGYANG, North Korea — The 105-story Ryugyong Hotel has long been a blot on the Pyongyang skyline. The world’s tallest unoccupied building has towered over North Korea’s capital since 1987 ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea — The 105-story Ryugyong Hotel has long been a blot on the Pyongyang skyline. The world's tallest unoccupied building has towered over North Korea's capital since 1987, a ...

The pyramid-shaped 105-story Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, appears to be almost complete in this picture on Sept. 23. With more than 3,000 rooms, North Korea's enormous pyramid-shaped ...

North Korea, not normally known for brazen attempts to attract foreign investment, started building the 105-floor Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang back in 1987 – no, that is not a typo.

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The 105-story Ryugyong Hotel has long been a blot on the Pyongyang skyline. The world’s tallest unoccupied building has towered over North Korea’s capital since ...

The 30-year-old “hotel of doom” has been a magnificent disaster by nearly all accounts. Work on the 105-story building began in 1987, during the reign of Kim Il-Sung, with the hopes of ...

The 105-story Ryugyong Hotel has long been a blot on the Pyongyang skyline. The world's tallest unoccupied building has towered over North Korea's capital since 1987, a grand but empty pyramid ...

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The Ryugyong Hotel has long been a blot on the Pyongyang skyline. The world's tallest unoccupied building has towered over North Korea's capital since 1987, empty ...