Ryugyong Hotel: North Korea’s Hotel of Doom
Signup for your FREE trial to The Great Courses Plus here: http://ow.ly/bJh530qdmJM → Subscribe for new videos two times per week. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKRfxkMTqiiv4pF99qGKIw?sub_confirmation=1 This video is #sponsored by The Great Courses Plus. Our sister channels: Biographics - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClnDI2sdehVm1zm_LmUHsjQ TopTenz - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ-hpFPF4nOKoKPEAZM_THw/ Credits: Host - Simon Whistler Author - Morris M Producer - Jennifer Da Silva Executive Producer - Shell Harris Business inquiries to admin@toptenz.net Source/Further reading: History of the hotel: https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/ryugyong-hotel-architecture-origins/index.html Overview: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ryugyong-hotel North Korean famine: https://www.history.com/news/north-koreas-devastating-famine In depth: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/12/how-kim-jong-il-starved-north-korea/250244/ Tales of the famine: https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/north-koreas-hunger Cannibalism in the famine: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/02/05/the-cannibals-of-north-korea/ Kim eating pizza as his countrymen starve: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3559266.stm History podcast on Kim Jong-il, the handover of power, and the famine: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/joe-streckert/interesting-times/e/54416554?autoplay=true How the LEDs were installed: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2180004/ryugyong-worlds-tallest-empty-hotel-dazzles-north-korean-capital Some words on Pyongyang architecture: https://failedarchitecture.com/pleasure-postponed-pyongyangs-tourist-hotels/ Juche explained: https://www.vox.com/world/2018/6/18/17441296/north-korea-propaganda-ideology-juche 2014 apartment collapse: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27459186
