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Yanggakdo International Hotel | |
Korean name | |
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Chosŏn'gŭl | 양각도국제호텔 |
Hancha | 羊角島國際호텔 |
Revised Romanization | Yanggakdo Gukje Hotel |
McCune–Reischauer | Yanggakto Kukche Hot'el |
The Yanggakdo International Hotel is the largest operating hotel in North Korea, pending the completion of the Ryugyong Hotel, and the country's seventh- or eighth-tallest building.[1][2][3] The hotel is located on Yanggak Island in the River Taedong, two kilometres (1.2 mi) to the south-east of the centre of Pyongyang, the nation's capital. It rises to an overall height of 170 metres (560 ft) and has a slowly revolving restaurant on the 47th floor.[4]
This hotel is North Korea's first luxury hotel. The structure was built between 1986 and 1992 by France's Campenon Bernard Construction Company and opened in 1996.