When a country is cut off from the outside world for nearly 70 years, the architecture gets pretty weird, fast. Take North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang. The libraries look like palaces. The metro ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he wants the luxury resort on the eastern seacoast to become a "world destination," but ...

At 1,080 feet, North Korea's Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang is one of the tallest unoccupied buildings in the world. The 105-story "Hotel of Doom," which is also North Korea's tallest building, has ...

Recently, North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, went for a walk.Followed by a group of men in black suits, he explored Hwasong - a new neighborhood of tall towers and buildings connected by a skybridge.

As North Korea slowly emerges from five years of self-imposed pandemic isolation, a glittering new high-rise neighborhood in the capital Pyongyang is taking center stage. Photos of the 10,000 ...

A building in Namyang, North Korea, seen from the Chinese city of Tumen in 2024. Pedro Pardo/AFP via Getty Images North Korean people work in a field.