(Hat Tip Hapo) Richardson posted about this a while back, so you can click here and take a look at the background info.

It appears the Ryugyong Hotel is well under way. From the Link via NKEconWatch:
Recently, the North Koreans have started installing glass panels on the concrete shell of this 105-storey hotel which had been abandoned for 16 years after construction stopped in 1992. An Egyptian firm, the Orascom group, has ventured to restore the hotel. Pyongyang watchers, however, have some doubts …

Since it is a slow news day, how about a nice documentary? This is an oldie but goodie.

(Hat Tip: Saku) And yes, Kim Il Sung was in attendance.

Several news reports suggest Kim Jong Il has “confirmed” his youngest son Kim Jong Un will be named successor of his totalitarian regime. However, I will have to err on the side of caution, because there are still some problems looming over any confirmations at this point.
According to the Times Online:
Reports from North and South Korea appear to confirm what …

On my usual visitation to the DailyNK, I always see the Radio Free Chosun banner, but never clicked it. Today, since it is a slow news day in North Korea decided to. I was kind of excited to see transcripts for topics such as the Autobiography of Hwang Jang Yop and Analyzing Kim Jong Il’s voice, but alas, I do …

North Korean Economy Watch linked a PDF file on North Korea’s Chollima Movement. I read parts of this, and will finish reading it today. It is very interesting, and I wish NKIDP would release more declassified documents because it does shed some light into the darkness that is North Korea’s government and society in general.
As North Korean watchers know, this …

A very good travelogue from Vienna to North Korea is right here. Yes, there are a lot of excellent travelogues out there, and this is among one of them. There are some good pictures not only of North Korea, but the long trip getting there. As much as I would like to post some of the pictures here, I will …

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One of the more interesting oddities I have read about are the tunnels under the DMZ.
According to north Korean defectors, Kim Il-Sung — president of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea — issued a sweeping order in the early 1970s that required every Korean People’s Army division along the Demilitarized Zone to dig and maintain at least …

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No tour of the DPRK is complete without stopping by the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum in Pyongyang. I did a little research on it, and while there is not a huge amount of information on it, I will post what I can regarding it. For those that have visited this oddity, please feel free to add …