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Anonymous
Kim-Jong Il said the Ryugyong tower will never be completed because "This board sucks".
>> Anonymous
The Ryugyong's planned 3,000 rooms and 7 revolving restaurants were scheduled to open in June 1989 for the World Festival of Youth and Students, but problems with building methods and materials delayed it. Japanese newspapers estimated the cost of construction was US$750 million — 2% of North Korea’s GDP — and it is generally assumed construction came to a halt in 1992 due to lack of funding, acute electricity shortages, and the prevailing famine. Official pictures of Pyongyang often show the building illuminated at night, but this is due to photo manipulation.

The basic structure is complete, but no windows, fixtures, or fittings have been installed, and it has never been certified safe for occupancy. According to Emporis, the building will never open as presently constructed. The concrete used to build the hotel was very poor, making the structure unsafe, and it has worn down even more over the years. The North Korean government is trying to invite foreign investment of US$300 million to improve and finish the hotel. In the meantime, it has removed the Ryugyong from maps and stamps and built a newer five-star hotel of more conventional design on the Taedong River.

jesus fucking christ
>> Anonymous
try this €pic >
Ryugyong tower on fap-tub
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0r0fM31BXKk
>> Anonymous
invite foreign investment? what a bunch of idiots
>> Anonymous
I have read on blogs of people that when they took a tour of north korea and pointed at this tower and asked "what is that?", the north koreans would reply "what is what? I don't see anything", and completely deny its existence.
>> Anonymous
looks like an aztec temple or something... maybe thats what they were after, an enormous building that would stand there for generations. solid, lasting, epic... and looking like crap.
>> Anonymous
>>230309
I doubt it will last generations, it is crumbling to shit.

Also LOL at SEVEN rotating restaurants. What was/is kim jong il smoking?
>> Anonymous
>>230310
>What was/is kim jong il smoking?

penis
>> Anonymous
... i know for a fact that it wasn't stopped from lack of funding. the elevator shaft is completely crooked --- hardcore, and it cannot be fixed without literally blowing up the building and trying again.
>> Anonymous
>>230521
yay for north korean engineering!
>> Anonymous
yes
>> Anonymous
It's like a 2D pyramid.

One good sized typhoon should topple that thing.
>> Anonymous
Probably they've never heard of a spirit level. Or the ones made in North Korea suck major arse.
>> Anonymous
Kim Jong Il = lol
>> Anonymous
>>230660

north-korea = lulz
>> ?????????????????????????????Anymonous?
>>230671
rurz
>> oh hai thar Anonymous
Can i climb dis mountains?
>> Anonymous
/r/ /hr/ of Kim Jung-Il