Explore Pyongyang, the city designed to serve the Kim dynasty’s vision of a ‘Communist paradise.’ From pastel-painted Soviet housing blocks to the iconic Juche Tower, see how every building ...

The Pyongyang skyline is growing -- and not only with the vanity projects that represent the North Korean state. Despite sanctions and economic isolation, the capital is in the midst of a "mini-boom." ...

Oct. 23, 2006 — -- Pyongyang's Ryugyong Hotel, a structure that if it were ever possible to finish would have been the world's tallest hotel, is symbolic of the state of North Korea itself ...