Editing Ryugyong Hotel (section)

===Resumption===
[[File:2008 - Top of the Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang (filter enhanced).jpg|thumb|upright|View of the top in September 2008, some time after construction resumed]]

In April 2008, after 16 years of inactivity, work on the building was restarted by the Egyptian construction firm [[Orascom Group]].<ref name="doom"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.mysinchew.com/node/11909 |title=Korea: N Korea Resumes Construction of Luxury Hotel |date=25 May 2008 |publisher=MySinchew |access-date=5 July 2009 |archive-date=9 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809140809/http://www.mysinchew.com/node/11909 |url-status=live }}</ref> The firm, which had entered into a US$400&nbsp;million deal with the North Korean government to build and run a [[Koryolink|cellular network]], said that their telecommunications deal was not directly related to the Ryugyong Hotel work.<ref name=doom/> In 2008, North Korean officials stated that the hotel would be completed by 2012, coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kim.<ref name="Kirk2008"/> In 2009, Orascom's chief operating officer Bichara noted that they "had not had too many problems" resolving the reported structural issues of the building, and that a revolving restaurant would be located at the top of the building.<ref name=doom/>

In July 2011, it was reported that the exterior work was complete.<ref>{{cite web |title=Photos: 'Hotel of Doom' Exterior Completed |work=The Huffington Post |date=14 July 2011 |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/14/north-koreas-ryugyong-hot_n_892540.html |access-date=25 December 2015 |archive-date=5 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160905073948/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/14/north-koreas-ryugyong-hot_n_892540.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Features that Orascom had installed include exterior glass panels and telecommunications antennas.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-north-hotel-idUSSEO9654020080717 |title=Lifestyle: North Korea's 'Hotel of Doom' wakes from its coma |work=Reuters |last=Herskovitz |first=Jon |date=17 July 2008 |access-date=5 July 2009 |archive-date=25 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225215202/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-korea-north-hotel-idUSSEO9654020080717 |url-status=live }}</ref> In September 2012, photographs taken by [[Koryo Tours]] were released, showing the interior for the first time. The photographs showed no wiring, cabling, or pipes in the structure, which was bare and unfurnished.<ref>{{cite web |title=North Korea's Ryugyong 'Hotel of Doom' pictures released |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=27 September 2012 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19741830 |access-date=21 June 2018 |archive-date=9 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210409144133/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-19741830 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Koryo">{{cite web |url=http://koryogroup.com/blog/?p=1156 |title=Ryugyong Hotel Special Report! |website=Koryo Tours |archive-date=10 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110072645/http://koryogroup.com/blog/?p=1156 |url-status=dead }}</ref>