Why North Korea Is Hiding This Hotel

There is a gigantic, mysterious hotel in North Korea that has been empty for more than 30 years. What is the 'Hotel of Doom' all about? Will it ever welcome a guest?

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Music:

Artlist

Ian Post - Tumannoye Ozero/The Misty Lake (Instrumental Version)
Ardie Son - Silhouette
ANBR - Red Dress; Stream

Epidemic Sound

Craft Case - Think Clearly; The Shivers
Silver Maple - Impasse
Jay Varton - Cellar
Farrell Wooten - Lady in Black
Lennon Hutton - Haumea

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[ggscgaming]

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[SlushGoblin]

Really intresting how you put the "own opinion" label in the corner. I wish more youtubers do this, so often youtubers intertwine fact and opinion a way that borders on miss information.

[thepoleontheroad]

When you said "in the heart of Pyongyang" it fits really well how the building in the heart of the capital, despite seeming glamorous and shiny, is actually the most empty, hollow behemoth - it kinda describes the country as a whole and what a rare visitor might see there.

[coltizz]

It’s funny that they try to build the tallest hotel ever when barely anyone is allowed to visit the country.

[thesalad]

This channel provides such high quality videos on such interesting topics, you earned a new sub!

[OhhRuse]

My grandfather is an Ex-Diplomat. He tells a story of being present for negotiations between North & South Korea in the DMZ. At nights the North Korean's started breaking in to the meeting rooms and using saws to shorten the height of the South Koreans chairs so that in the meetings the North Koreans would sit slightly higher at the table. Sort of like a petty form of dominance. It doesn't surprise me at all that they would build a taller building just to one up the South Koreans 😂😂

[thedriverisliterallyme]

Imagine if south korea built a 1:1 copy of it in Seoul just because they can

[keyboard-commentator]

man, that skyscraper looks really freaking cool. it'd be awesome if seoul or tokyo, or really anyone built an identical version, but like 100 meters taller. not only out of spite, but because it's truly a great design for a skyscraper.

[koharumi]

2:47 Fun fact: South Korea for a while was ruled under a military dictatorship. And it was the poorest country on earth just after the Korean war. Now it is one of the richest

[Kalvinjj]

This building will never look like anything other than the best supervillain base ever to me. If Kim Jong Un doesn't visit it only a weekly basis to wear a feet long cape with extra tall neck, red on the inside and black outside of course, to laugh maniacally while drinking expensive whine with a white cat in his lap, I'll be very disappointed.

[NeiZaMo]

I think that section from 2:42 makes it sound like South Korea is a democracy due to US involvement when the reality is that it's a democracy in spite of US involvement. After all, the US backed the South Korean dictatorship for more than 40 years, right up until the USSR started to show serious signs of being at the verge of complete decay.

[albevanhanoy]

I remember learning about this place by browsing Google Maps and finding this huge thing in the middle of Pyongyany, thinking: "What the HECK is this monstrosity???"

[pmcspyq]

the biggest "f*ck you" to Kim Jon Un would be to just turn Burj Khalifa into a hotel

[KizzMyAbs]

One of the problems with the hotel is the concrete foundation is too heavy and it’s sinking as well

[tomfoolery]

Thanks for the video. One little side note: At first I was a bit surprised at how fast you were going through South Korea's history, with it, after the division, "ultimately develop(ing) into a democracy". I find it at least worth mentioning that there were some years of military dictatorship between this. I know that this is not the main topic here, but nevertheless I'd find it important to know when already talking about Korea's history.

[Thegoldenaerobar]

Looks like the base of some very obvious supervillain that the superheros are trying to find 😂

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[davidondrejek]

this channel will have 10M subs soon, mark my words