Editing Ryugyong Hotel (section)

{{Short description|Unfinished skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox building
| building_type    = Mixed use: Hotel, Retail, Restaurants      
| name             = Ryugyong Hotel
| native_name      = {{lang|ko|류경호텔}}
| status           = On-hold (unfinished)
| image            = File:Prázdné slnice a rozestavěný hotel Ryugyong - panoramio.jpg
| image_size       = 300px
| caption          = The Ryugyong Hotel in 2012
| location         = Ryugyong-dong, [[Potonggang-guyok]], [[Pyongyang]], North Korea
| coordinates      = {{coord|39|02|12|N|125|43|51|E|region:KP-01_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| start_date       = 28 August 1987<ref name=IFES/>
| architect        = Baikdoosan Architects & Engineers<ref name=IFES/>
| architectural_style = [[Neo-futurism]]
| floor_area       = {{convert|360000|m2|sqft|abbr=on}}<ref name=Emporis/>
| top_floor        = 
| floor_count      = Above ground 105, underground 3<ref name=Emporis/>
| antenna_spire    = 
| roof             = {{Convert|330.02|m|ft}}<ref name=Emporis/>
| topped_out_date  = 1992<ref name=Emporis/>
| est_completion   = Unknown<br />(exterior construction completed: 14 July 2011)
| developer        = [[Orascom Construction|Orascom Group]]
| public_transit   = [[File:Logo of the Pyongyang Metro.svg|22px|link=Pyongyang Metro]] {{color box|green}} [[Hyoksin Line|Hyŏksin]]: [[Konsol Station|Kŏnsŏl]]
| module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto
|hangul=^류경_호텔
|hanja=柳京호텔
|child=yes
}}
}}

The '''Ryugyong Hotel''' ({{Korean|hangul=류경호텔}}; sometimes spelled as '''Ryu-Gyong Hotel'''), or '''Yu-Kyung Hotel''',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.orientalarchitecture.com/sid/552/korea-north/pyongyang/105-building |title=105 Building, Pyongyang, Korea, North |publisher=Asian Historical Architecture |access-date=11 February 2010}}</ref> is a {{Convert|330|m|ft|abbr=on}} tall unfinished [[pyramid]]-shaped skyscraper in [[Pyongyang]], North Korea. Its name ({{lit}} "capital of willows") is also one of the historical names for Pyongyang.<ref>{{cite book |last=Funabashi |first=Yoichi |url=https://archive.org/details/peninsulaquestio0000funa |title=The Peninsula Question: A Chronicle of the Second Northern Korean Nuclear Crisis |publisher=Brookings Institution Press |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-8157-3010-1 |location=Washington, DC |page=50 |chapter=Koizumi Again Visits Pyongyang |url-access=registration}}</ref> The building has been planned as a [[mixed-use development]], which would include a hotel.

Construction began in 1987 but was halted in 1992 as North Korea entered a period of [[1990s North Korean famine|economic crisis]] after the [[dissolution 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. The hotel was planned to open in 2012, the centenary of founding leader [[Kim Il Sung]]'s birth. A partial opening was announced for 2013, but this was cancelled.<ref name="Berg2016">{{cite news |last=Berg |first=Nate |date=16 February 2016 |title=North Korea's Best Building Is Empty: The Mystery of the Ryugyong Hotel |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/north-koreas-best-building-is-empty-the-mystery-of-the-ryugyong-hotel/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160214202302/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/14/north-korea-s-best-building-is-empty-the-mystery-of-the-ryugyong-hotel.html |archive-date=14 February 2016 |work=[[The Daily Beast]]}}</ref> In 2018, an [[LED display]] was fitted to one side, which is used to show [[Propaganda in North Korea|propaganda]] animations and film scenes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Talmadge |first=Eric |title=Ryugyong, the world's tallest empty hotel, dazzles North Korean capital skyline with propaganda light shows |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |date=30 December 2018 |url=https://apnews.com/article/8e6a3919627844a58aa5cfa095515956}}</ref>