North Korea's Empty Spaceship-like Ryugyong Hotel

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The Ryugyong Hotel, is an unfinished 105-story, 330-meter-tall (1,080 ft) pyramid-shaped skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea. Its name ("capital of willows") is also one of the historical names for Pyongyang. The building is also known as the 105 Building, a reference to its number of floors. The building has been planned as a mixed-use development, which would include a hotel. The building is currently listed by Guinness World Records as being the tallest unoccupied building in the world.
Construction began in 1987 but was halted in 1992 as North Korea entered a period of economic crisis after the fall of the Soviet Union. After 1992 the building stood topped out, but without any windows or interior fittings. In 2008 construction resumed, and the exterior was completed in 2011. It was planned to open the hotel in 2012, the centenary of Kim Il-sung's birth. A partial opening was announced for 2013, but this was canceled. In 2018, a LED display was fitted to one side, which was used to show animation and movie scenes. The building remains unopened.
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@Aaronaa4 5 жыл бұрын

The empty building serves as a LED billboard every night.

@SylkaChan 5 жыл бұрын

Well, at least northern Korea is good at something.

@incredibleskyscraper3130 5 жыл бұрын

Are they going planning to open the building??

@arabnationalist5401 5 жыл бұрын

@Brandon Galeano lucky you..

@leemsylazy9353 5 жыл бұрын

@@incredibleskyscraper3130 how do you know it's empty? Do you have spies in North Korea?

@goranrasljic3509 5 жыл бұрын

Useless empty buildng just for billboard??? Where i seen that before??? O yea time square

@MoreLocations 5 жыл бұрын

The most expensive LED billboard

@Speed_7545 5 жыл бұрын

heard of the burj khalifa?

@shashankkumarsk2771 5 жыл бұрын

@@Speed_7545 The most expensive 'just an LED billboard'.

@gamercoolcraft4208 5 жыл бұрын

Mystic_ 112 heard of a LED billboard?

@travelleryu 5 жыл бұрын

Mystic_ 112 Burj khalifa didn't cost that much, the arabs brought slaves from India Bangladesh Nepal etc with very less pay to build it

@shashankkumarsk2771 5 жыл бұрын

@@travelleryu 750M$

@ShellymanStudios 5 жыл бұрын

One of the most unique buildings I've ever seen. Too bad that nobody is using it. Beautiful building but in a wrong place...

@realdeal5712 5 жыл бұрын

Well its North Korean brain that desifn it.

@horseplop9 5 жыл бұрын

Dont Belive it.. Its Used like and old wet sock.. Trust me. that little butterball is nuts

@ShellymanStudios 5 жыл бұрын

Uncle Chuckles lmao!

@spxctr4587 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah... I actually wish North Korea doesnt actually exist.... I wish this building was build like in Dubai or like a nice place..

@ShellymanStudios 5 жыл бұрын

Spectr Agreed.

@Rick-nx3iy 5 жыл бұрын

The building is a symbol of the country... Emptiness

@antoniomoro6386 5 жыл бұрын

Aphyrius that’s deep

@rafaeldcarmo 5 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha so sarcastic! 😂😂😂 And so sad... :(

@denhaag-iq5ef 5 жыл бұрын

And rockets

@aderaihanfadlurrahman5650 4 жыл бұрын

HAHA NOT REALLY , ITS JUST YOU ARE TOO JEALOUS.

@jon-unicorn-doxxer 4 жыл бұрын

@@aderaihanfadlurrahman5650 - why someone will be jealous on an empty building?

@ryujin2810 5 жыл бұрын

Its like building a huge building in minecraft and not putting anything inside just for design

@mr.commentboi3707 5 жыл бұрын

R IS Lol yeah.

@spxctr4587 5 жыл бұрын

Thats me long ago

@TheBestOfSweden 5 жыл бұрын

R IS hate it

@jomei6395 5 жыл бұрын

R IS I had a map with the ryugyong hotel and inside it was nothing, how realistic

@vjollila96 4 жыл бұрын

Yep that's me

@zeph1902 5 жыл бұрын

All fun and games till that thing turns into a ballistic missile

@VieteWalk 5 жыл бұрын

It’s for aliens

@Edhilues 5 жыл бұрын

For those who wants to know what propaganda says 1:23 기술혁명- Technological Revolution 1:57 미래사랑- Loving the Future 2:07 세상에 부럼 없어라!- We envy nothing in the world!

@nurhusni 5 жыл бұрын

Those don't sound that bad.

@dionysus122 5 жыл бұрын

@Panji .... While 90% of the people in the country face famine, disease, death, and internment camps... yeah, it's really bad propaganda.

@jomei6395 5 жыл бұрын

Bae Dohyun how ironic

@NobleWolf33 4 жыл бұрын

That last one though 😂 sure buddy

@ntl9974 4 жыл бұрын

Cool

@TheSahaquiel 5 жыл бұрын

Build one of the world's most expensive building for the people ( ) Build one of the world's most expensive building for tourism ( ) Build one of the world's most expensive building to use it as a hotel ( ) Build one of the world's most expensive building for propaganda (❌)

@jatinabhir9249 5 жыл бұрын

A 330 m tower for playing propaganda videos. Excellent ideas, Kim! 😅

@foxfrightdario5175 5 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@goranrasljic3509 5 жыл бұрын

Murica has empty building just for adds in middle of time square

@kwcbomb 5 жыл бұрын

@@goranrasljic3509 yeah but One times Square is considered one of the most valuable advertising Revenue locations in the world. Also there's a Walgreens Pharmacy on the first floor.

@goranrasljic3509 5 жыл бұрын

@@kwcbomb north corea didnt wanted to make huge building for propaganda but working building. But becouse huge sanctions from the west they had to stop the project for some time

@kwcbomb 5 жыл бұрын

@@goranrasljic3509 really was economic sanctions by the West that they had to stop construction because in the video they blatantly and clearly state that it was because of the collapse of the Soviet Union. They went through an economic crisis. Interesting even after that you find a way to blame the West.

@misterrenso2417 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe its a spaceship disguised as an empty hotel

@pulsar9354 5 жыл бұрын

Is all korean propaganda designed with 1995 Power Point and windows 95 screen savers?

@NobleWolf33 4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂 exactly

@overbanked 5 жыл бұрын

The most Orwellian building ever in existence.

@inactiveusertypeofaccount181 4 жыл бұрын

Pentagon

@zdravkovskii 5 жыл бұрын

Imagine cleaning the windows ;)

@tx7502 5 жыл бұрын

5 years later

@pavanh7844 5 жыл бұрын

Anyone else thinks this resembles a rocket?

@vieuxbal1253 5 жыл бұрын

It actually looks like a rocket to me. It's all I can see.

@rich-qk7dc 5 жыл бұрын

From a cartoon

@horseplop9 5 жыл бұрын

Ya and a Fire bolt

@Sebas-zn2he 5 жыл бұрын

Coincidence, I think not

@coolminer6242 5 жыл бұрын

I think it’s a nuclear missile under that shell.

@Yoyle-jq9ul 5 жыл бұрын

That building accurately represents the country shiny on the outside rusty in the inside

@happyalltheday2275 3 жыл бұрын

But now its rusty inside and rusty outside!

@tryfan4705 5 жыл бұрын

That is one damn cool building👌👌

@ligma5443 4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the giant skyscraper pyramid government buildings in airstrip one as described in George Orwells 1984

@supahdmdboi8361 5 жыл бұрын

"Kim Jung in has huge potential, but he isn't working hard enough" -teacher,1990

@RemixedVoice 3 жыл бұрын

Well, North Korea certainly had potential, their country has resources, but once the Soviet Union collapsed North Korea was basically fucked lol. South Korea will be fucked once USA collapses too.

@Springywater 4 жыл бұрын

Empty? Clearly the Legion of Doom meets there regularly.

@silverspurs84 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@aidkgjehebejje 5 жыл бұрын

Most expensive billboard ever made

@qcrew2938 5 жыл бұрын

It's so sad those people are trapped there

@drip1717 3 жыл бұрын

This one was definitely worth it starving millions of people to build, and have it empty. Well done Kim's

@dizzyuniqueslegoguns 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if they will ever complete it

@Southwest_923WR 5 жыл бұрын

Not in your lifetime.

@infinitasalo472 5 жыл бұрын

If they can get around sanctions, then hopefully soon

@immortal5271 5 жыл бұрын

I Want Kim Jong-Un To Kill Me this building has potential to house it's people instead they probably spend about 5k a week managing the power bill on the led instead of feeding their own people and I think that's sad

@daudidaudi 5 жыл бұрын

They fitted the lights in 2018 do they work on your schedule or theirs? To me its a beautiful building regardless.

@imagineknowledge3122 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful I love it

@claudiadcosts8298 5 жыл бұрын

would please make a video of what's there inside the big luxurious hotel

@vincentkrebs2743 5 жыл бұрын

Very interesting Design..

@oaktree313 5 жыл бұрын

One day it might just blast off

@albertourrego4650 5 жыл бұрын

Muy bonita la torre e imponente

@ivarsmatisons 5 жыл бұрын

👍 nice

@MrSandRune 5 жыл бұрын

Unfortunatly,no dreams for me,in sky-scraping.But however,old world ruins,do I live on.Very similar to photo by 1:00 minute.Some abstract for your extreme fine channel,but its a game.Swinging back and forward trough long times.

@kaz_sha2566 5 жыл бұрын

This reminds me City 17 somehow

@dyosameow9127 3 жыл бұрын

A breathtaking for me

@beverlyford4541 5 жыл бұрын

Lovely . Like the Kim's on the outside .

@markmh835 5 жыл бұрын

The exterior photographs make this building look intriguing. But I read that it was poorly constructed with poor building materials. Most architects consider it among the ugliest buildings ever built. But I don't consider it that bad.

@SquidSnuggles 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if the poor villagers can see this behemoth when they fall asleep at night...

@travistdr 4 жыл бұрын

We plan to change it into a military compound. We will serve the very best Kimchi there

@firstname1927 5 жыл бұрын

must be interesting ghost stories there

@chrisjung1309 5 жыл бұрын

probably one of the most spectacular buildings ever seen... too bad it isnt finished...

@yoda5280 5 жыл бұрын

They should rlly turn this into a luxury hotel, I’m sure North Korea could loosen its tourism restrictions a little

@cameraman655 5 жыл бұрын

It's hideously beautiful, wonder how many forced labourers died in its construction? I wonder if the Architect is still alive or in a labour camp?

@realdeal5712 5 жыл бұрын

Go to labour camp for design one of the most unique building? Really?

@leedsman54 5 жыл бұрын

@@realdeal5712 It doesn't take much for fat boy to get someone removed,or worse.

@cameraman655 5 жыл бұрын

@@realdeal5712 His Grandfather was a Stalinist and emulated many of Stalin's philosophies and tactics. Stalin had most of his General staff, military leaders and industrialists jailed or shot just before the outbreak of WWII and almost lost Russia to the Germans. Hell, l'il' Kim had an Uncle shot a few years back........WITH A AAA GUN, how messed up is that? Not crying passionately enough at his Father's funeral would land you in a labour camp.....along with your entire family...So, just glancing at the "Dear Respected Leader" could spell your doom, never mind building or designing something that may displease l'il Rocket Man at a moment's notice.

@nathanseper8738 5 жыл бұрын

I read about why the Ryungyong Hotel as built. In 1986, a South Korean company built the tallest hotel in Singapore. Apparently, the North Koreans built this hotel out of jealousy and in a desperate attempt to keep up with the South Koreans. This building is thus the ultimate example of international chest thumping.

@animegamer1857 5 жыл бұрын

Omg its a good buildings😢

@TheAlienGangster 4 жыл бұрын

The resemblance to the Ministry of Truth is uncanny and an amazing coincidence

@ChimpFromSpace 5 жыл бұрын

Is Lex Luthor's office at the top?

@calculoestructuralarquitec7481 3 жыл бұрын

Cool

@HassaanQ 4 жыл бұрын

NK: We're going to beat South Korea by erecting the tallest Hotel in the world. *Soviet Union Falls* NK: Okay, maybe let's make it a TV.

@This_tub 5 жыл бұрын

We kinda figured that

@michaeldesilvio9980 4 жыл бұрын

JonLevi is my favorite KZfaqr.

@deepakkumarshaw8958 5 жыл бұрын

I have been there, I had dinner with Kim inside the hotel. All the floors are not completed.

@ChoboUnjeon 3 жыл бұрын

The peninsula's biggest billboard

@nicocione5802 5 жыл бұрын

#Skyscrapers & MegaProjects,what's the name of the song?

@computronium8 5 жыл бұрын

Cavalleria Rusticana

@MrJasonshores364 5 жыл бұрын

I don't believe for one second that that was built by anyone from our time period.

@aarongreenfield9038 5 жыл бұрын

I want to see a video of somebody doing some urban exploring in there!

@fxmorin439 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck!

@wes7706 5 жыл бұрын

Ministry of truth right there

@rafiushfn790 5 жыл бұрын

Freedom is slavery

@wes7706 5 жыл бұрын

@@rafiushfn790 war is peace

@rafiushfn790 5 жыл бұрын

@@wes7706 ignorance is strength

@kimjong-un5214 5 жыл бұрын

Kim is fat

@YUSKHAN 5 жыл бұрын

Full support bro Korea

@claudiadcosts8298 5 жыл бұрын

But bro what would you see inside the hotel

@Ampersand1988 3 жыл бұрын

Micosoft should invest on it.

@JacobandJean 5 жыл бұрын

while it is unique its also very creepy

@alupigus20 5 жыл бұрын

The Godfather part 3 👏

@BatAtBat 5 жыл бұрын

So why is it empty???

@AwesomeVidzChannel 5 жыл бұрын

It doesnt look futuristic at all. Reminds me more of those old futuristic 80s movies...

@dizzyuniqueslegoguns 5 жыл бұрын

What's the music used in the video called?

@XX-gy7ue 5 жыл бұрын

Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni

@XX-gy7ue 5 жыл бұрын

although he was a fascist lump-of-shit , he wrote beautiful music - seems very apropos !

@GANTZ100pts 5 жыл бұрын

Just think of all the people they could give a home that don't have one if they actually finished that construction.

@deanwinchester3356 3 жыл бұрын

It’s the size of the Chrysler Building in NYC. And yet does nothing except rust and remain empty... a proper symbolism of NK.

@geert574 5 жыл бұрын

It's like HH Holmes Chicago hotel, you can check in but you won't leave 😏

@ruixuejc1723 5 жыл бұрын

seems like an international city from skyline，proud of north korean☺️

@abhishekghosh2686 5 жыл бұрын

So it's an giant TV🤔

@omega4chimp 4 жыл бұрын

Everybody should go visit it.

@raythomas3904 5 жыл бұрын

Them leds look blurry as hell 😆

@GabrielMedina-bm7kk 5 жыл бұрын

What if it was a missle in disguise?

@theplumchum6300 5 жыл бұрын

So they spent 24 years on a 330m building completed 8 years ago and they are not using it. Oh wow..

@user-kv4ku8il5f 5 жыл бұрын

Daebak BukHan 👍

@sussybaka4417 3 жыл бұрын

Everybody gangsta until the Sky Scraper Start Flying

@giantasparagus 5 жыл бұрын

I wonder how many people without a home have to look at that all day long.. :(

@tentifr 5 жыл бұрын

actually not many. since they are communist, everyone has a (rather crappy) apartment in town. granted, they are still slaves but there aren't many homeless's

@giantasparagus 5 жыл бұрын

@@tentifr Trueee

@joroviemunoz4772 5 жыл бұрын

Lol, not in Pyongyang, there's no homeless in Pyongyang cause otherwise it'll ruin their image if tourists sees them, so far all the tourists that went to North Korea haven't really found any homeless yet in the urban areas like most major cities and same with rural areas, communism is equality so I guess they provide homes for everyone to live

@caioramos6559 5 жыл бұрын

It's a waste of money, but I think one day, it'll be opened!

@joseenriquelimaamador6004 5 жыл бұрын

1987-2019 CONTINUED 🤣😂

@lon3don 5 жыл бұрын

What a bloody monstrosity!! I say that as someone who likes tall buildings but not that one....

@QuaaludeCharlie 5 жыл бұрын

It is now a Giant TV :o Q

@joancat2734 4 жыл бұрын

I guess that's where all the electricity is going. To ryugyong hotel

@fajarpradityo 3 жыл бұрын

The place where the boss stay in top floor of the building then player should fight the easier opponents in the lower level

@wjatube 5 жыл бұрын

It sounds like they gave up the idea of using this structure as a hotel since they covered windows with led panels. Nice billboard though.

@marcusdamberger 5 жыл бұрын

It looks like the LED's are in long vertical strips, probably attached between the seams of the exterior panels and windows. So you probably still have a view out the window's. Hopefully done so all the LED light is projected outward, versus back into the room's. Though still unoccupied, it wouldn't matter but efficiency wise best if reflected outward.