That scary "hotel" in North Korea is actually being finished...

darkman2 · 17-08-2009 03:24PM #1

That famous "hotel" in North Korea, one of the worlds tallest, that was a half built shell for 25 years is being finished (don't know who will stay in it considering foreigners are not exactly allowed free passage to the country).

So anyway It looked like this for donkeys years cause they ran out of dosh to finish it

http://www.roumazeilles.net/news/fr/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/ryugyong-hotel.jpg

Not very welcoming...and intimidating

Now it looks awesome and even more intimidating to the peasants! They started on it again last year. (surely the structure is unsafe!?)

http://www.korea-dpr.com/forum/wp-content/uploads/RIMG0049_resize_resize.JPG

http://www.korea-dpr.com/forum/wp-content/uploads/RIMG0010_resize_resize.JPG

Kim Jung Ills new gaff is way better then anything in Dublin:(

Svalbard · 17-08-2009 03:26PM

"The One ring to rule them all"

TheZohanS · 17-08-2009 03:27PM

North Korea isn't that bad, Western media paints a very one sided picture of it.

ronnie3585 · 17-08-2009 03:29PM

TheZohan wrote: »

North Korea isn't that bad, Western media paints a very one sided picture of it.

Yes, the crazy side - their only side.

TheZohanS · 17-08-2009 03:31PM

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Yes, the crazy side - their only side.

What did you find crazy about North Korea when you visited it?

peasant · 17-08-2009 03:31PM

darkman2 wrote: »

Now it looks awesome and even more intimidating to the peasants!

You callling me a coward?

Blazer · 17-08-2009 03:31PM

TheZohan wrote: »

North Korea isn't that bad, Western media paints a very one sided picture of it.

trying living there...I'm sure you get a different picture of what it's like

ScumLord · 17-08-2009 03:32PM

That's a giant death ray if ever I saw one. Invade, invade immediately!

darkman2 · 17-08-2009 03:32PM

Do all these pictures have to be smuggled out?

dlofnep · 17-08-2009 03:34PM

TheZohan wrote: »

North Korea isn't that bad, Western media paints a very one sided picture of it.

I watched an independant documentary on North Korea, and I think Western Media have it right with NK. Public executions, children starving. And instead of feeding the poor, they build this stupid hotel.

but sure - if you want to take up the unpopular stance for the sake of debate on AH, go for it

TheZohanS · 17-08-2009 03:35PM

Berkut wrote: »

trying living there...I'm sure you get a different picture of what it's like

I lived there for 6 months. Did you?

FearDark · 17-08-2009 03:36PM

Im going to enjoy this one...

darkman2 · 17-08-2009 03:37PM

TheZohan wrote: »

I lived there for 6 months. Did you?

Yeah - in Pyongyang? If you were how many "gaurds" were keeping an eye on your movements? NK is not somewhere ordinary people would like to live IMO! Though I am aware they have a couple of special more open but small "economic zones" - the vast majority of the country and Pyongyang is under the rule of a lunatic dictator.

rossie1977 · 17-08-2009 03:37PM

why would the structure be unsafe, a multiple ton tower crane has been sitting on the top for nearly 20 years without falling so that tells you the structure itself is sound

dlofnep · 17-08-2009 03:37PM

TheZohan wrote: »

I lived there for 6 months. Did you?

Did you really?

Bragadin · 17-08-2009 03:38PM

TheZohan wrote: »

I lived there for 6 months. Did you?

pics or it didn't happen

rossie1977 · 17-08-2009 03:40PM

dlofnep wrote: »

I watched an independant documentary on North Korea, and I think Western Media have it right with NK. Public executions, children starving. And instead of feeding the poor, they build this stupid hotel.

and all the while western nations heap more and more economic sanctions on north korea

Davie_m · 17-08-2009 03:42PM

perhaps for the opening night they can invite all the world leaders and have alec baldwin as the host..

Bragadin · 17-08-2009 03:44PM

Heres how it works:

1, North korea threatens american interests, gets sanctioned untill it makes a deal.
2, North korea does a deal to get trade deals and relax some sanctioned in exchange for token descalating
3, Return to step 1

America, japan, south korea and north korea know this is the deal by now. North korea probably wouldn't be able to trade competitivly without this arrangement

Pygmalion · 17-08-2009 03:44PM

dlofnep wrote: »

children starving. And instead of feeding the poor, they build this stupid hotel

This stupid hotel could bring in quite a bit of money in the long term.
It's easy to condemn them for not spending the money on feeding the poor but if they just put all their money into feeding the poor the economy will never improve and they'll be stuck starving forever, it may not be very fair or nice, but it's what happens.

TheZohanS · 17-08-2009 03:45PM

darkman2 wrote: »

Yeah - in Pyongyang? If you were how many "gaurds" were keeping an eye on your movements? NK is not somewhere ordinary people would like to live IMO! Though I am aware they have a couple of special more open but small "economic zones" - the vast majority of the country and Pyongyang is under the rule of a lunatic dictator.

No, not Pyongyang, in Kaesong. All contractors have guides there.

darkman2 · 17-08-2009 03:46PM

Pygmalion wrote: »

This stupid hotel could bring in quite a bit of money in the long term.
It's easy to condemn them for not spending the money on feeding the poor but if they just put all their money into feeding the poor the economy will never improve and they'll be stuck starving forever, it may not be very fair or nice, but it's what happens.

Or maybe if they just opened up their economy to the rest of the world they would be much better off.

Jackobyte · 17-08-2009 03:54PM

Little off the subject but you can't look at NK on google earth!!! Try it! Its just blank... The capital is marked but you can't see anymore than its gps location... No details!!!:eek:

Cookie_Monster · 17-08-2009 03:55PM

darkman2 wrote: »

http://www.korea-dpr.com/forum/wp-content/uploads/RIMG0049_resize_resize.JPG

http://www.korea-dpr.com/forum/wp-content/uploads/RIMG0010_resize_resize.JPG

It many be a crazy half starved country but that looks like quite a nice tidy city:)

Gone Drinking · 17-08-2009 03:56PM

Jackobyte wrote: »

Little off the subject but you can't look at NK on google earth!!! Try it! Its just blank... The capital is marked but you can't see anymore than its gps location... No details!!!:eek:

It must not exist so! :eek:

adamski8 · 17-08-2009 04:00PM

Jackobyte wrote: »

Little off the subject but you can't look at NK on google earth!!! Try it! Its just blank... The capital is marked but you can't see anymore than its gps location... No details!!!:eek:

are u yanking our chain, it works on google maps anyway! http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=north+korea&sll=53.344104,-6.267494&sspn=0.202096,0.617294&ie=UTF8&ll=39.027319,125.747108&spn=0.065744,0.154324&t=h&z=13
and here is the hotel http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=39.03645,125.731497&daddr=&hl=en&geocode=&mra=mi&mrsp=0&sz=18&sll=39.036178,125.730913&sspn=0.002054,0.004823&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=18

Flying Abruptly · 17-08-2009 04:00PM

Pygmalion wrote: »

This stupid hotel could bring in quite a bit of money in the long term.
It's easy to condemn them for not spending the money on feeding the poor but if they just put all their money into feeding the poor the economy will never improve and they'll be stuck starving forever, it may not be very fair or nice, but it's what happens.

Or maybe if they spent a little less than 25% of there GNP on the military that might also help
(http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2792.htm)

darkman2 wrote: »

Or maybe if they just opened up their economy to the rest of the world they would be much better off.

Seems this may be starting to happen?
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8204516.stm)

ScumLord · 17-08-2009 04:01PM

rossie1977 wrote: »

why would the structure be unsafe, a multiple ton tower crane has been sitting on the top for nearly 20 years without falling so that tells you the structure itself is sound

It's an unfinished and more importantly unsealed building left standing for 20 years. concrete buildings rot very quickly if their not sealed properly. It's probably fine but you would have to question how sound the building would be left open to the elements for so long.

Mossy Monk · 17-08-2009 04:02PM

Jackobyte wrote: »

Little off the subject but you can't look at NK on google earth!!! Try it! Its just blank... The capital is marked but you can't see anymore than its gps location... No details!!!:eek:

The satellite view shows much more than if you looked at Ireland.

petethebrick · 17-08-2009 04:10PM

Pygmalion wrote: »

This stupid hotel could bring in quite a bit of money in the long term.
It's easy to condemn them for not spending the money on feeding the poor but if they just put all their money into feeding the poor the economy will never improve and they'll be stuck starving forever, it may not be very fair or nice, but it's what happens.

Don'y be such an idiot!
The NK regime has the blood of millions on their hands!!!!
Idiot!

Jackobyte · 17-08-2009 04:10PM

Haven't looked recently but on Google earth 4.3 you couldn't see it!!!

That scary "hotel" in North Korea is actually being finished...

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