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|  company_name  = [[Company_Name::Ryugyong Hotel]]

|  company_name  = [[Company_Name::Ryugyong Hotel]]

|  company_type  = [[Company_Type::State owned]]

|  company_type  = [[Company_Type::State owned]]

|  image          =[[File:Ryugyeong_Hotel_on_February_2011.jpg]]

|  company_logo  = [[Image:Ryugyeong_Hotel_on_February_2011.jpg]]

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|  foundation    = [[Year_Started::1987]]  

|  foundation    = [[Year_Started::1987]]  

The '''Ryugyong Hotel''' ({{lang-ko|류경호텔}}) (sometimes [[Anglicization|anglicized]] as '''Ryu-Gyong Hotel''' or '''Yu-Kyung Hotel'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/koreanorth/pyongyang/105building.php|title=105 Building, Pyongyang, Korea, North|publisher=Asian Historical Architecture|accessdate=2010-02-11}}</ref>) is a 105-[[storey|story]] [[skyscraper]] under construction in [[Pyongyang]], [[North Korea]]. Its name ("capital of [[willow]]s") is also one of the historic names for Pyongyang.<ref>{{cite book|last=Funabashi|first=Yoichi|title=The Peninsula Question: A Chronicle of the Second Northern Korean Nuclear Crisis|publisher=Brookings Institution Press|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|date=2007|page=50|isbn=0-8157-3010-1}}</ref> The building is also known as the '''105 Building''',<ref name=Emporis/> a reference to its number of floors. Construction began in 1987 with planned completion in 1989. However, after several delays, construction was eventually halted in 1992; the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|fall of the Soviet Union]] had resulted in widespread economic disruptions in North Korea and shortages of raw materials.

The '''Ryugyong Hotel''' ({{lang-ko|류경호텔}}) (sometimes [[Anglicization|anglicized]] as '''Ryu-Gyong Hotel''' or '''Yu-Kyung Hotel'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/koreanorth/pyongyang/105building.php|title=105 Building, Pyongyang, Korea, North|publisher=Asian Historical Architecture|accessdate=2010-02-11}}</ref>) is a 105-[[storey|story]] [[skyscraper]] under construction in [[Pyongyang]], [[North Korea]]. Its name ("capital of [[willow]]s") is also one of the historic names for Pyongyang.<ref>{{cite book|last=Funabashi|first=Yoichi|title=The Peninsula Question: A Chronicle of the Second Northern Korean Nuclear Crisis|publisher=Brookings Institution Press|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|date=2007|page=50|isbn=0-8157-3010-1}}</ref> The building is also known as the '''105 Building''',<ref name=Emporis/> a reference to its number of floors. Construction began in 1987 with planned completion in 1989. However, after several delays, construction was eventually halted in 1992; the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|fall of the Soviet Union]] had resulted in widespread economic disruptions in North Korea and shortages of raw materials.

The building stood [[topping off|topped out]] but without windows or interior fittings for the next sixteen years. Construction resumed in April 2008 under the supervision of the [[Orascom Group]] of [[Egypt]], which has invested heavily in the North Korean [[mobile telephony]] and [[construction]] industries.<ref name=IFES/> The company completed exterior work on the building in 2011, and interior work on the building's {{Convert|360000|m2|sqft}} of floor space will continue until 2012 or later.  Orascom has stated that the building will contain restaurants, hotel accommodation, apartments, and business facilities.

The building stood [[topping off|topped out]] but without windows or interior fittings for the next sixteen years. Construction resumed in April 2008 under the supervision of the [[Orascom Group]] of [[Egypt]], which has invested heavily in the North Korean [[mobile telephony]] and [[construction]] industries.<ref name=IFES/> The company completed exterior work on the building in 2011, and interior work on the building's 360,000 square metres (3,900,000 sq ft)  of floor space will continue until 2012 or later.  Orascom has stated that the building will contain restaurants, hotel accommodation, apartments, and business facilities.

The building rises to a height of {{Convert|330|m|ft}}, making it the most prominent feature of Pyongyang's [[skyline]] and by far the largest structure in North Korea. Construction of the Ryugyong was intended to be completed in time for the [[13th World Festival of Youth and Students]] in June 1989; had this been achieved, it would have held the title of [[List of tallest hotels in the world|world's tallest hotel]]. The unfinished building was not surpassed in height by any new hotel until the 2009 completion of the spire atop the [[Rose Tower]] in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]]. The Ryugyong Hotel is currently the world's [[List of tallest buildings in the world|40th tallest building]] (alongside the [[China World Trade Center Tower III]]) in terms of total height and has the 5th [[List of buildings with 100 floors or more|highest number of floors]].

The building rises to a height of {{Convert|330|m|ft}}, making it the most prominent feature of Pyongyang's [[skyline]] and by far the largest structure in North Korea. Construction of the Ryugyong was intended to be completed in time for the [[13th World Festival of Youth and Students]] in June 1989; had this been achieved, it would have held the title of [[List of tallest hotels in the world|world's tallest hotel]]. The unfinished building was not surpassed in height by any new hotel until the 2009 completion of the spire atop the [[Rose Tower]] in [[Dubai]], [[United Arab Emirates]]. The Ryugyong Hotel is currently the world's [[List of tallest buildings in the world|40th tallest building]] (alongside the [[China World Trade Center Tower III]]) in terms of total height and has the 5th [[List of buildings with 100 floors or more|highest number of floors]].