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Ryugyong Hotel to Get Extreme Makeover?

July 18, 2008

Ryugyong Hotel to Get Extreme Makeover? The long-abandoned Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, is being given a second chance by the seemingly and suddenly reformed rogue nation. The 105-story building -- once dubbed "the worst building in the history of mankind" by Esquire -- has not been worked on in 15 years, and a deranged Egyptian group is bringing it back to life.

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