Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang

Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang

BEIJING, China - File photo taken in February 2013 shows the Ryugyong Hotel under construction in Pyongyang. European hotel operator Kempinski AG has frozen its plan to open the new landmark hotel in Pyongyang around the middle of 2013 due to "market conditions" in North Korea, according to a report by U.S. news site NK News.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001180788
  • Registered date
  • 2013/3/29 00:00:00
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  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2013 Kyodo News
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  • 2466 × 3450 pixel
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  • 240 dpi
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  • 1.55(MB)*
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