The CURSED Hotel That’s Never Had A Single Guest

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  • @ryanfagen8248
    @ryanfagen8248 2 роки тому +3956

    As soon as you told me where it was located, it made complete sense as to why this hotel was completely unoccupied for so long despite it's massive size and potential.

    • @FasTeaa
      @FasTeaa 2 роки тому +49

      Same

    • @alexsegurasr3028
      @alexsegurasr3028 2 роки тому +97

      Potential to get everyone killed that occupies it during an earthquake

    • @kimjongun6660
      @kimjongun6660 2 роки тому +47

      Wait few months more I will invite you

    • @grosirboneka5103
      @grosirboneka5103 2 роки тому +109

      If you ever feel so empty and lonely, remember this hotel existed, guys

    • @grosirboneka5103
      @grosirboneka5103 2 роки тому +72

      @@kimjongun6660 15 years later:
      Kim Jong Un: this hotel is finally proudly open for public and i will invite everyone (but only everyone in north korea)

  • @LeftInBama
    @LeftInBama 2 роки тому +4551

    Maybe they checked in anytime they liked, but could never leave

    • @mirthenary
      @mirthenary 2 роки тому +382

      Welcome to the Hotel North Korea, not such a lovely place...

    • @MrJC1
      @MrJC1 2 роки тому +106

      @@mirthenary such a lovely face. 🎵

    • @TV-mz2zy
      @TV-mz2zy 2 роки тому +171

      Plenty of room in hotel North Korea

    • @hollypierce3076
      @hollypierce3076 2 роки тому +126

      Livin’ it up at the Hotel North Korea🎶🎵

    • @victorekstrand3516
      @victorekstrand3516 2 роки тому +43

      I’m pretty sure that ones in California…

  • @pfn
    @pfn 2 роки тому +1044

    I was in North Korea for a week in 1992 for a "goodwill" visit. During one of the tours, our tour guide proudly pointed out the "still under construction" hotel to us and I asked her when it was going to be completed, she gave me a dirty look and walked away. Another American member of our group laughed and explained to me how it would likely never be completed because of the structural issues (like the crooked elevator shafts).

    • @fatah619
      @fatah619 2 роки тому +27

      Is North Korea worth to visit ?

    • @diggitydiggity5523
      @diggitydiggity5523 2 роки тому +174

      @@fatah619 no its garbage you can get arrested by doing what we usually do in our country

    • @firestar5220
      @firestar5220 2 роки тому +29

      @@fatah619 Not at all

    • @_dorime20yearsagoedited39
      @_dorime20yearsagoedited39 2 роки тому +75

      @@fatah619 It might still worth a visit if you're seeking some thrilling experience by visiting one of the most dangerous countries on Earth though, but otherwise, I agree with someone replied before me that that country is basically rubbish

    • @Sergiovsousa
      @Sergiovsousa 2 роки тому +28

      @@_dorime20yearsagoedited39 I rather visit the island of Tristan da Cunha, is very dificult to visit due to distance ( most remote inhabitated place in the world), pre-arrangements to be made at least 1 or 2 years before ( especially now with the pandemic ), etc and there´s not very much to do and one can be stranded for a month but at least one will not be put in a prison camp for life...

  • @ANDREWISNTSOGOODER
    @ANDREWISNTSOGOODER 7 місяців тому +18

    The machine next to the beds in North Korean hotels is SUPPOSED to be 3 things. It’s supposed to have controls for the bed, like to move to foot up, the head up, but they don’t work, it’s supposed to control to TV, but those don’t work (and even if they did, I’d still use the remote), and is a radio, which doesn’t work

  • @Tara_P_Rose
    @Tara_P_Rose 2 роки тому +2475

    I remember reading a book written by a guy that had escaped one of the many “camps” they have there. It was brutal. When he was a child he’d be so starving that him & other kids would have to catch rats to cook & eat. Also he would try to hold in his poop for as long as possible because he thought it would help his stomach to feel more full. This occurred in early 2000’s so it wasn’t that long ago either. Anyone that escaped was instantly killed so he was the only person to escape & tell about it. I wish I could remember the name of that book, I’d love to read it again. *Update: name of the book is called “Escape From Camp 14”, I highly recommend reading this book*

    • @davidrea5578
      @davidrea5578 2 роки тому +57

      I would like to read that

    • @robertpace600
      @robertpace600 2 роки тому +222

      Is it “Escape From Camp 14”?

    • @tillyjames5180
      @tillyjames5180 2 роки тому +51

      That sounds so awful

    • @Tara_P_Rose
      @Tara_P_Rose 2 роки тому +213

      @@robertpace600 YES!!!! AND THANK YOU!!!!! I had forgotten the name & it’s been a few years that I’ve been trying to remember or find out the name so I can read it again!!! I wasn’t sure about the title but I googled it & saw the same cover!!!! I believe everyone who has an interest in these issues DEFINITELY SHOULD READ IT!!! It is unbelievable I’m so many levels!!!! And all true!!!!!

    • @Tara_P_Rose
      @Tara_P_Rose 2 роки тому +96

      @@davidrea5578 hi I found out the name from an awesome man that commented down below & the name is “Escape From Camp 14” & it’s written by Blaine Harden, he tells the unbelievably true story told by Shin Dong-hyuk…I am definitely going to read it again now that I know the name again!! If this is your interests, like mine, then you seriously should read this. Comment me later and tell me what you thought of it if poss, I’d love to hear your thoughts on it! Enjoy

  • @dragnusu4411
    @dragnusu4411 2 роки тому +1906

    The building in it's current state is a perfect metaphor for North Korea: fancy on the outside, but virtually hollow on the inside🤣

    • @reggiejohnson3391
      @reggiejohnson3391 2 роки тому +141

      They're not even fancy on the outside

    • @dsgodfater28
      @dsgodfater28 2 роки тому +12

      like the demonkrat party...ohh not to mention 3/4 of the repukakins

    • @bgggg4168
      @bgggg4168 2 роки тому +23

      @@dsgodfater28 Yeah you forget to mention your grammar lmfao.

    • @astralline3926
      @astralline3926 2 роки тому +6

      Im 100% sure people living in n korea is happy than people living in united states.

    • @astralline3926
      @astralline3926 2 роки тому +6

      @@bgggg4168 kids like you cares for grammar

  • @neethch
    @neethch Рік тому +13

    This is a great channel! I only caught sight of you folks in recent times, but it’s now among my favourite channels.

  • @OhMGtoo
    @OhMGtoo 2 роки тому +132

    No one in their right mind would want to set foot in North Korea🤯

    • @user-du5qg4dx2z
      @user-du5qg4dx2z 8 місяців тому +7

      North Korea is a hell fr......wish I had the power of punisher

    • @rosemaryrogers1478
      @rosemaryrogers1478 5 місяців тому +3

      No one in they wrong mind either🔥

    • @user-gw5zp2bl3q
      @user-gw5zp2bl3q 2 місяці тому +2

      I would just for the fun of it but i would never break any rules

    • @JohnyWhiteEagle
      @JohnyWhiteEagle Місяць тому +2

      Probably Putin 😂

    • @chantjelly6773
      @chantjelly6773 Місяць тому +3

      I've been there lol. It was before there were all these documentaries about it on youtube, so I was curious because I didn't know what the place was like and really wanted to find out. I don't regret it at all because it gave me first hand experience of how controlled everything is in NK

  • @sweetnluvly79
    @sweetnluvly79 2 роки тому +186

    They could've used the money spent on this monstrosity on feeding their people.

    • @Trickytiger13
      @Trickytiger13 2 роки тому +2

      I think they are using half of the money on that.

    • @Duwor
      @Duwor 2 роки тому +3

      @@Trickytiger13 That’s why they built that beautiful hotel so that they can get money to feed their people.

    • @portalmanHUN
      @portalmanHUN 2 роки тому +4

      Commies aren't known for being well fed.

  • @gongoozleriam9783
    @gongoozleriam9783 2 роки тому +1023

    We live in a disturbing world where a government has so little regard for their own citizens. Like imagine being so poor you are living in poverty while meanwhile your government has hotels full of furniture and empty space that aren't used, unless by random visitors who rarely ever come. It's like being a child in a house where the parents make you live outside in the grass and starve, while people rarely come over and get treated like kings...it's bazar how people get in power who are so neglectful towards those who they're responsible to take care of. Some suffering is good to experience, because it creates empathy towards others experiencing the same or worse suffering. It's probably hard for someone born into the lap of luxury who never experiences harsh living conditions to imagine what others suffer and want to help. Priorities are so important for people in power to have, because people are infinitely more important than things. I wish more people realized that. You know what's better than appearing well off? It's treating people well. Life is not about competing with each other, but helping each other. We all have differences, but not one person is more important than another. Countries are made up of people who are all equally valuable and important. It's delusional to think otherwise. It's cruel to deprive those we're responsible for in exchange for trying to keep up appearances. What good does it do anyways if you just fail miserably in the end? None.

  • @MaySim
    @MaySim 2 роки тому +70

    Wonderful editing! I love how you use icons and images for storytelling

    • @Boostedsoul
      @Boostedsoul 8 місяців тому

      That’s totally appreciable ❤

  • @omarreyes7626
    @omarreyes7626 2 роки тому +49

    I once saw a traveling video about a guy that took a tour to North Korea said he didn't really felt particulary unwelcomed, there was however, restrictive movement and you HAVE to go on a tour bus, you could not move around on your own and it's mandatory to go to the tomb of the kims to "pay your respects".

    • @SirKolass
      @SirKolass 27 днів тому +1

      Imagine traveling to that hole of a country.

  • @bigmandennis9121
    @bigmandennis9121 2 роки тому +485

    So basically, money that could've been spent on the country to make it better was instead built just to prove "whatever u can do, I can do better". If there was nothing wrong with it and if it was better than the housing the people live in now, I'd say let the people move it at the same cost of rent, to at least give the illusion that the country is better than others, which is what they're trying to give off. As the phrasing goes "a kingdom is not a kingdom without its people", so u can't really call this a hotel unless u have or at least once have had guests staying inside it

    • @TW-bk5zt
      @TW-bk5zt 2 роки тому +20

      all power should belong to the people. all "kingdoms' are concerned with nothing but maintaining status and controlling others.

    • @icy-hearted-angel
      @icy-hearted-angel 2 роки тому +12

      Yes, massive ego issues.

    • @NinjaXavier
      @NinjaXavier 2 роки тому +6

      The thrills of living in a death trap.

    • @AlishaN-yh5nf
      @AlishaN-yh5nf 2 роки тому +5

      Kim has stayed in the pent house sweet wich is the only completed room but he owns it so that dont count it needs a paying gesture and at least 5 or it's just a glorified b&b!

    • @stephaniemercier205
      @stephaniemercier205 2 роки тому +3

      I completely agree

  • @hunglc8151
    @hunglc8151 2 роки тому +790

    Went to North Korea in 2018. When in Pyongyang, the tour bus will only take routes that pass through the 'modern' and 'scenic' parts of the city, which is why we passed by this building umpteen times... we were excited when we saw it the first time, same for the light show at night. But that excitement slowly became "omg we are here again?"

    • @steevehoyoufat9155
      @steevehoyoufat9155 2 роки тому +100

      Sounds about right when you do everything to make a city look good except actually make it look good.

    • @bluewhalestudioblenderanim1132
      @bluewhalestudioblenderanim1132 2 роки тому +27

      I think it looks like minecraft's hollow shell of a megabuild more than anything else

    • @Witchofthewoods.
      @Witchofthewoods. 2 роки тому +7

      Hahahahaha 🤣 I'd of loved to have been there to seen that.

    • @hunglc8151
      @hunglc8151 2 роки тому +17

      @@MQJ007 The only 2 times we saw something rundown were 1) our train ride from Sinuiju (the North Korean city closest to China, our starting point) to Pyongyang, and 2) when we are navigating through some old apartment buildings to a community church (one of our itinerary). The train track ran through many farms and rural areas and is totally what u would expect in a poor farming community.

    • @chikaka2012
      @chikaka2012 2 роки тому +29

      @@MQJ007 Not really. Can’t speak for all these countries but if you visit the US cities listed here you actually have a hard time avoiding some of the not-so-pretty sections. Maybe that’s for the best - tourists who don’t want to get to know the reality of a place probably shouldn’t travel.

  • @corporalanonymous4589
    @corporalanonymous4589 2 роки тому +17

    Imagine being able to say "It's been 30 years.." without exaggerating.

  • @tapanisydanmetsa6714
    @tapanisydanmetsa6714 2 роки тому

    750 billion dollars for military purposes is okay for US citizens?

  • @thomaswilson4127
    @thomaswilson4127 2 роки тому +257

    Imagine the building just takes off like a Rocket or a space ship 🧐

  • @Emy53
    @Emy53 2 роки тому +428

    That's a death trap for anyone caught in there during a major earthquake or structural collapse.

    • @skippittyskippittyskippitt5164
      @skippittyskippittyskippitt5164 2 роки тому +35

      Everywhere is a death trap in an earthquake.Youre either lucky or you aint.

    • @youknowme8578
      @youknowme8578 2 роки тому +10

      Commie's don't care about safety, they care about convincing people it works. It's never worked and never will, only it's people pay the price of being slave's to it.

    • @jon_s
      @jon_s 2 роки тому +11

      @@youknowme8578 At least they don't have vax mandates in NK. Now who's the slave and who's the slave master? You'll learn

    • @youknowme8578
      @youknowme8578 2 роки тому +16

      @@jon_s and "they" do not have a constitution, or bill of rights. They have prison for those that do not comply, we have freedoms that they couldn't even imagine.
      Edit: mandates are not law. Law's are passed by the House, and then the Senate, then signed by a president. That is law.

    • @jon_s
      @jon_s 2 роки тому +11

      @@youknowme8578 You have a constitution and bill of rights written by people, and interpreted by people who don't have your best interest at heart. You have a government that you feel you voted into office, but you have no say in whatever they choose to do against you. And you have that government forcing you to inject synthetic chemicals made by corporate drug dealers who are legally unliable for any consequences/side-effects of their product in your blood. You can't sue them, can't hold them accountable for anything.
      Sounds like what you have is the illusion of rights and freedom

  • @jacobwisdom203
    @jacobwisdom203 2 роки тому +19

    Why does it look more like an alien invasion spaceship? Is it just me thinking it to be so or is it obvious ?

    • @hera4462
      @hera4462 2 роки тому +5

      It actually creepily looks alot like a missile launcher or a missile, don't you think?

    • @zammymynakersnackstbmoth
      @zammymynakersnackstbmoth Місяць тому +1

      It looks like a 1980's take of a spaceship. Very Miami Vice.

    • @sew_gal7340
      @sew_gal7340 7 днів тому

      I love this style, very art deco...reminds me of russian sci fi...creepy and intimidating!

  • @marksullivan6319
    @marksullivan6319 2 роки тому +436

    Our citizens are starving to death and poverty is at an all time high. You know what we need? A $750,000,000 3000 room hotel? Yup

    • @bestieswithbabies8159
      @bestieswithbabies8159 2 роки тому +15

      Swear that’s messed up

    • @tonibest2011
      @tonibest2011 2 роки тому +10

      How about a 4 billion $ Palace of Parliament in Bucharest :))

    • @marksullivan6319
      @marksullivan6319 2 роки тому +9

      @@tonibest2011 Romania and the surrounding countries are also countries where I feel for its citizens. No citizens want Greed and corruption in there country especially when they're starving year round and freezing during their winter

    • @m33a
      @m33a 2 роки тому +3

      To be fair ,at the time of building ,the citizens arent as starving as theyre now

    • @adriandlobo
      @adriandlobo 2 роки тому

      Thats what dictated do - use people as cannon fodder !

  • @charmnglao3317
    @charmnglao3317 2 роки тому +465

    Has anyone not notice the whole structure looks like the head of a missile or rocket of sorts?
    Spooky!

    • @manz400
      @manz400 2 роки тому +10

      Same thing I'm thinking

    • @eattherich9215
      @eattherich9215 2 роки тому +26

      My first thought was CGI, but now I think it is a disguised rocket launch base.

    • @namsontrinh7404
      @namsontrinh7404 2 роки тому +3

      same as me. so weird.

    • @angelal6700
      @angelal6700 2 роки тому

      Yeah. Wondering what's under there. Is the top going to open up & release missiles? Is it a secret military base? Or illegal research lab?
      If that white elepant was still standing in USA, it would be filled with squatters.

    • @oddfellowfloyd
      @oddfellowfloyd 2 роки тому +7

      It's just ridiculous-looking. XD

  • @sharonadesewa
    @sharonadesewa 2 роки тому +2

    This video is just to funny, with the guys explanation, I just can't 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @jonyshaikh8689
    @jonyshaikh8689 Рік тому +2

    I love how you use icons and images for storytelling

  • @charlestaylor3195
    @charlestaylor3195 2 роки тому +46

    They should knock it down before it falls down.

  • @VoLFiiX
    @VoLFiiX 2 роки тому +783

    Love your storytelling voice, your layout of your videos and how you make the viewer want to stay and watch the entire video from beginning to end. Thank you ❤

    • @dianalindeman1644
      @dianalindeman1644 2 роки тому +2

      In China there are entire ", ghost cities"!

    • @MAGGOT_VOMIT
      @MAGGOT_VOMIT 2 роки тому +3

      DANNNNNNG!! Talk about a channel that just took a nice 6min segment from one of it's own list-vids and turned it into an extremely torturous, seizure inducing, ear-hemorrhaging, 18min long piece of Vogon poetry.
      Starts vid>>>😀😄😁😖😫😩🤢☠

    • @sandman1133
      @sandman1133 2 роки тому +2

      Voice crack at 9:26

    • @lijsonjose8831
      @lijsonjose8831 2 роки тому

      @@MAGGOT_VOMIT ttt

    • @truthhurtsalways4u
      @truthhurtsalways4u 2 роки тому +2

      @@sandman1133 you monster.i fell in love with his voice ,until i heard that "crack" . however,at least he is not an alien ,he is one of us!

  • @zmeil
    @zmeil 2 роки тому +5

    All the time while I was watching about this building, it gave me such a tragic feeling, that actually it was cool seeing this video effects they achieved with it, the LED screens, even though there is the flag on top... Still, a bit creepy!

  • @margaso8995
    @margaso8995 Рік тому +2

    title: “the cursed hotel that’s never had single guest!
    me: only couples? 😭

  • @JosephQ384
    @JosephQ384 2 роки тому +102

    I was literally cringing watching this. that's what happens when you try to prove you're better. Now they have a constant reminder that they're not, what idiots.

    • @aprilogembo1141
      @aprilogembo1141 2 роки тому +2

      Lol hahaha So true 🥰🥰🤦🏽‍♀️😂😂

    • @kristy-lou8762
      @kristy-lou8762 2 роки тому +1

      Lol absolutely 💯

    • @olliebunbun
      @olliebunbun 2 роки тому +1

      True, but I'm just so sad for its citizens. They suffer for the consequences of all the evil decisions their stupid government do. You can't choose where/in what country you're born.

    • @tiffanyeyoung1800
      @tiffanyeyoung1800 2 роки тому +2

      It's a symbol of narcissism

    • @JosephQ384
      @JosephQ384 2 роки тому

      @@tiffanyeyoung1800 Indeed

  • @Scratchingforcash
    @Scratchingforcash 2 роки тому +644

    Really could’ve taken care of his people with that money. A useless Hotel was probably the worst idea ever. Great job N.K.

    • @YourMomsFavoriteCommenter
      @YourMomsFavoriteCommenter 2 роки тому +66

      The "Supreme Leader" cared more about his pride than his people.

    • @imannafisah5472
      @imannafisah5472 2 роки тому +34

      @@YourMomsFavoriteCommenter He cared more about his tummy

    • @kimjongun6660
      @kimjongun6660 2 роки тому +10

      What people are you talking about they bullied me when I was young now iam doing what they did to me and this hotel is the best I will invite you when it will be completed but you can't leave the country after that 😡😡

    • @imannafisah5472
      @imannafisah5472 2 роки тому +2

      @@kimjongun6660 Love your pfp lmao

    • @kimjongun6660
      @kimjongun6660 2 роки тому +4

      @@imannafisah5472 everyone loves me

  • @sulaimanzainab9090
    @sulaimanzainab9090 2 роки тому +1

    I like your commentry .....makes it very interesting and funny. i have watched more times just to hear u explain everything in a funny way.

  • @dorayantz3649
    @dorayantz3649 2 роки тому +1

    Very impressive presentation. Well done! :D

  • @onlyalisaawilliams
    @onlyalisaawilliams 2 роки тому +469

    If it were up to me I’d have it demolished, and stop trying to keep up appearances. The rest of the world know’s they didn’t & still don’t have the fund’s to complete it. Don’t waste another dime on it, that’s real leadership….Excellent video as usual .

    • @chadjonesvii9369
      @chadjonesvii9369 2 роки тому +8

      Look up hidden architecture of Korea, it was half buried and found it that way a 100 years ago they did It's remodeling in the eighties.. It's true origin is honestly unknown and people used to think it was a UFO or something unexplainable in our recent past.

    • @rum-ham
      @rum-ham 2 роки тому +10

      @@chadjonesvii9369 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ don't be so gullible.

    • @chadjonesvii9369
      @chadjonesvii9369 2 роки тому +2

      @@rum-ham it's called research. Look it up. Theres pictures of it half burried.. explain that?

    • @yilongmusk9665
      @yilongmusk9665 2 роки тому

      @@chadjonesvii9369 ehh

    • @Princessmimiii
      @Princessmimiii 2 роки тому +1

      @@chadjonesvii9369 i tried to look it up but couldnt find anything do you have a link?

  • @NervesofNoodles
    @NervesofNoodles 2 роки тому +823

    I love this channel. Imagine if schools used these to educate, then bring out a teacher to engage the kids,ask questions and actually learn.
    School would be amazing.

    • @iancoppock
      @iancoppock 2 роки тому +15

      Except teachers should use facts, and not just a bunch of made up "buzz words". Very few actual facts in these videos. Made up situations to make simpletons feel valid. Sad Times.

    • @RetroReminiscing
      @RetroReminiscing 2 роки тому +1

      I totally agree with you!

    • @gothenmosph5151
      @gothenmosph5151 2 роки тому +9

      This really isn't useful information though. I see comments like these on history videos all the time, "I would've loved history if it were taught like this, we need it in schools!" But the reality is that we don't need to teach kids about what happened to Hitlers childhood diary or the history of an abandoned hotel. It's 99.99% entertainment and 0.01% useful long term knowledge.

    • @NervesofNoodles
      @NervesofNoodles 2 роки тому +6

      @@gothenmosph5151 I was referring to the presentation style alone,not the topic. Sadly, we will always useless info

    • @gothenmosph5151
      @gothenmosph5151 2 роки тому

      @@NervesofNoodles Okay, I can agree with that!

  • @MsRuthLittle
    @MsRuthLittle 2 роки тому +3

    It sounds to me like the building is structurally unstable so putting up lights function. This made it have purpose and function to save face. It is futuristic on top and pretty now. Thanks for sharing. Peace

  • @sukhrajsingh6674
    @sukhrajsingh6674 2 роки тому +37

    not only the hotel is majestic ,i would say narration and story building around this was equally superb piece of art .

    • @sew_gal7340
      @sew_gal7340 7 днів тому

      YES The building is both creepy, and beautiful at the same time! It is very art deco, reminds me of russian sci fi...oddly uncomfortable and unnerving to look at, but also foreboding! I love it.

  • @justinhackstadt6677
    @justinhackstadt6677 2 роки тому +159

    At this time they can't even finish it even if they wanted to. That concrete is so dilapidated it is nearly sandstone. You cannot let materials sit in the elements for 30 years and just think you can just pick up where you left off. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

    • @Niaaal
      @Niaaal 2 роки тому +1

      Not really, ever heard of Brutalist architecture?

    • @justinhackstadt6677
      @justinhackstadt6677 2 роки тому +5

      @Niaaal I work with concrete, it is over. You have to tear it all down.

    • @yeonoh8862
      @yeonoh8862 2 роки тому

      W pfp ,love it when clark and bruce playing around

  • @Bess9779
    @Bess9779 2 роки тому +238

    In a country where most hotels have empty floors, patchy utilities, the mall doesn't have real products to sell, and tourists are assigned 'government guides'. this building just oddly makes sense. LOL.

    • @HisMiraclesHappening
      @HisMiraclesHappening 2 роки тому +4

      Malls with fake products! I have to see this!

    • @Bess9779
      @Bess9779 2 роки тому +4

      @@HisMiraclesHappening Check out a UA-cam doc. It is just WEIRD. Most of what you see is only for show, not for sale.

    • @katerineella274
      @katerineella274 2 роки тому +4

      Sounds like Moscow in the 80's.

    • @brainsplosion3000
      @brainsplosion3000 2 роки тому +1

      @@Bess9779 sounds like a Restoration Hardware

    • @MrGoatflakes
      @MrGoatflakes 2 роки тому +2

      Don't forget the fake food that is dutifully served every day to the ghosts of the dining room by malnourished waiters, only to be whisked away at the end of each meal.

  • @TheCombatEditor62
    @TheCombatEditor62 7 місяців тому +2

    12:17 I was just about to comment that myself! man, your North Korea series is both the best, and also the most heartbreaking thing I've seen on the internet. let's hope these poor people find freedom soon.

  • @ezegrace8836
    @ezegrace8836 2 роки тому +2

    You've gat some jokes really. I'm laughing so hard here

  • @meanderer121
    @meanderer121 2 роки тому +125

    There's no way I would stay in that hotel, even if I could. I'm surprised it hasn't already started falling apart.

  • @alistairmcelwee7467
    @alistairmcelwee7467 2 роки тому +217

    Otto Warmbier was an American student visiting North Korea in mid- 2010s - and they locked him up & treated him so cruelly that he died from a brain starved of oxygen. After that, what sane person would want to be a tourist in North Korea?

    • @meettherandom4711
      @meettherandom4711 2 роки тому +16

      The same kind of people who want to do something 'daring' like that moron who hung off the side of a building and fell.

    • @iancoppock
      @iancoppock 2 роки тому +8

      There is a direct relation between stupidity and megalomania. Gotta feel "special".

    • @marisamartin3664
      @marisamartin3664 2 роки тому +18

      It was so cruel. It should happen to however did that to him and the ones who ordered them.

    • @neeno001
      @neeno001 2 роки тому +1

      They strangled him?

    • @juliaj7939
      @juliaj7939 2 роки тому +25

      Otto did nothing wrong. There is no evidence of him doing anything wrong at all.

  • @diontaedaughtry974
    @diontaedaughtry974 25 днів тому

    Very insightful, Great video 👍👍

  • @vlogsthroughthepinhole2789
    @vlogsthroughthepinhole2789 2 роки тому +3

    My guess is that bedside contraption is a voice recorder and a transmitter. You tamper with that and you go to prison for 10 years minimum.

  • @M364A
    @M364A 2 роки тому +26

    it was a middle finger to the south, then it backfired

  • @DjWarp79
    @DjWarp79 2 роки тому +89

    Imagine playing hide and seek behind those empty cold rooms. Creepy...

    • @kimjongun6660
      @kimjongun6660 2 роки тому +3

      I will invite your family so it won't be empty

    • @DjWarp79
      @DjWarp79 2 роки тому +7

      @@kimjongun6660 I'll wait. I will bring along Trump with me .

    • @kimjongun6660
      @kimjongun6660 2 роки тому +2

      @@DjWarp79 I ain't scared of that guy he's not in power anymore

    • @PaladinThizz
      @PaladinThizz 2 роки тому +1

      I'd be more worried about the building falling apart while you're inside. Just wait til and Earthquake comes around.

    • @karinmagnusongheddar6476
      @karinmagnusongheddar6476 2 роки тому +1

      Here’s Johnny

  • @johanchavez7161
    @johanchavez7161 Місяць тому +5

    It's a secret lab

  • @Bobakitto1
    @Bobakitto1 2 місяці тому +3

    Imagine spending 2% of your country’s GDP on a building 💀

  • @garygoldstein327
    @garygoldstein327 2 роки тому +463

    Is it earth quake proof? Can you imagine the sheer weight of the building upon the foundation ? I marvel that of the foundation laid to bare the weight is a phenominal achievement. One has to wonder how deep the basement goes down and how it bares this weight for the past 30 years, is quite amazing. The glass covering this structure and the weight of it and the structural integrity of this concrete building to bare the weight of it's clad glass exterior is also amazing. And then the weight of the the other special features seems remarkable that the structure has not collapsed under it's own weight.

  • @joejohnson3582
    @joejohnson3582 2 роки тому +22

    With this information, not ONE human should go hungry, unclothed, or homeless period!!! WTF r we doing on this planet!!! Just makes me SICK!!!

    • @GodfreyAira
      @GodfreyAira 2 роки тому +2

      People are free in Africa but many die of starvation. The rate likely higher than NK. But let the world focus on how hungry NK citizens are and how they are ready to help?

    • @joejohnson3582
      @joejohnson3582 2 роки тому

      My statement was to/and about the entire planet....

    • @GodfreyAira
      @GodfreyAira 2 роки тому

      @@joejohnson3582 my apologies.

    • @lindasharp8523
      @lindasharp8523 2 місяці тому

      Makes me very angry

  • @catch2080
    @catch2080 8 місяців тому +1

    13:51 🤣 Yeah nice try I give that one an a for effort 🤣 Mad video!

  • @Brose97366
    @Brose97366 2 роки тому

    Growing up with grandparents who were stationed there has always made me curious to go

  • @thehillbillygamer2183
    @thehillbillygamer2183 2 роки тому +48

    If I was the great leader I would take to say the top four floors and turn it into my personal residence in the city

  • @gregkamer3754
    @gregkamer3754 2 роки тому +224

    Unfortunately for North Korean officials, concrete, especially unreinforced concrete, won't last forever. At some point that entire structure will have to come down. All that remains is to decide will the North Koreans or nature make it happen.

    • @sweetnluvly79
      @sweetnluvly79 2 роки тому +17

      I'm betting on nature.

    • @dannyhorne9448
      @dannyhorne9448 2 роки тому +22

      I think nature will take it, then the North Koreans will blame foreign workmanship

    • @redpie32
      @redpie32 2 роки тому +2

      I think nature since they havent touched the building ever since their sugar daddy (USSR) fell

    • @stevenavarette9334
      @stevenavarette9334 2 роки тому

      I’m betting nature will win🎉🎊

    • @user-uu1vx6fi3z
      @user-uu1vx6fi3z 2 роки тому

      Whichever one happens first, I just hope I'm still around to see it on the news. 😎

  • @ebaimulema6668
    @ebaimulema6668 2 роки тому +3

    Such a calm brilliant way of narrating. You earned my subscription

  • @JohnHWelch63
    @JohnHWelch63 11 місяців тому +2

    Wow! I can't believe he time traveled back to '86. I knew the technology would come along eventually but I didn't know it existed today.

  • @donnahughes2880
    @donnahughes2880 2 роки тому +23

    That building is Erie looking, I wouldn't go in it either, might not be able to get out, looks like something from an Alien world.

  • @Corrie-_-
    @Corrie-_- 2 роки тому +71

    When you said we had to go all the way back to 1986, it made me feel so old lol. I was born in 1986 lmao😅

    • @christophermerlot3366
      @christophermerlot3366 2 роки тому +10

      How do you think I feel? I was born in 1971, aka the Stone Age.

    • @laurametheny1008
      @laurametheny1008 2 роки тому +6

      Beat you all! Try 1960. Ugh. OMG. Saying it out loud is horrifying. Lol💔🤦🏼‍♀️🤣

    • @Corrie-_-
      @Corrie-_- 2 роки тому +3

      You're both awesome 🤘🏻🤩

    • @marleneiamvibration7361
      @marleneiamvibration7361 2 роки тому +4

      I graduated high school in 1986!

    • @chijiokemadubuko9004
      @chijiokemadubuko9004 2 роки тому +2

      If you paid attention guys, I was born the year the hotel began construction.

  • @iffytiffyajcatler2124
    @iffytiffyajcatler2124 2 роки тому +4

    I was like “Nah that hotel gonna be lit when I check in”
    *Finds out it’s in North Korea*
    Me: “I THINK THE HELL NOT!!”

  • @raynemalyon8810
    @raynemalyon8810 2 місяці тому

    This reminds me of a video game called Shivers. Where a professor commissioned the construction of his own museum which was in construction for twenty years and never opened due to many delays, at which point construction was abandoned entirely. Then two youngsters and the professor mysteriously vanished inside the building and it stood empty for fifteen years before the game took place.

  • @LikaLaruku
    @LikaLaruku 2 роки тому +73

    They could have used that money to feed the citizens. I've heard horror stories from some defectors about what they eat.

    • @StaredownGames
      @StaredownGames 2 роки тому +1

      N. Korean workers can earn up to $221 a year if they get all their bonuses!

    • @corneliushannah7454
      @corneliushannah7454 2 роки тому +2

      @@StaredownGames wow

    • @mediterraneanmint89
      @mediterraneanmint89 2 роки тому +2

      Yeah just don’t believe everything defectors say, especially North Korean ones. So many of these “defectors” were proven to be lying or exaggerating because there is just such a good market for Korea bashing in our media. Stories of North Korea are especially absurd because they’re essentially unverifiable. I have no stake in this game but just be skeptical of really convenient narratives. It can be harmful in caricaturizing The country and dehumanizing Korean people. Just recognize that there is an incentive to lie and exaggerate so don’t take every horror story you hear as fact.

    • @grimreaper9350
      @grimreaper9350 2 роки тому +9

      @@mediterraneanmint89 Amazingly enough I don't believe you.

    • @tiffanyeyoung1800
      @tiffanyeyoung1800 2 роки тому +1

      @@mediterraneanmint89 Really? What would they have to gain by lying about the horrors of the country? I have been reading up on the awful situation up there. I believe them. That dictatorship is very dangerous

  • @secretasianman8325
    @secretasianman8325 2 роки тому +94

    I loved the ideas you guys suggested using the unoccupied hotel for. My favorite was using it to play Mario Kart!! You guys rock!!

    • @Dminki007
      @Dminki007 2 роки тому +2

      Start your engines....
      .
      ..
      Building crumbles.

  • @MsZyraMMD
    @MsZyraMMD 2 роки тому +1

    So ive been hearing that the reason this hotel never opened was because of its many structural issues and the fact that is still not fully developed I'm curious as to what it would look like if it was to be completed

  • @oopsies860
    @oopsies860 2 місяці тому +1

    The thing in the little mini tables between the beds are the radios, i’ve seen a video of it playing

  • @I8one2Many
    @I8one2Many 2 роки тому +30

    Should have used cardboard instead of concrete.

    • @km37575801
      @km37575801 2 роки тому +3

      That's what they did at the border, built fake homes to look like a prosperous country, i think there's a video on that

  • @m.e.c.1007
    @m.e.c.1007 2 роки тому +239

    Pride goes before a downfall. May everything these tyrants do fail and a pox on them. The people of this country need freedom from these nuts. My heart aches for them.

    • @amandamajor7340
      @amandamajor7340 2 роки тому +2

      💯%!

    • @ElOmen22
      @ElOmen22 2 роки тому

      What u mean?

    • @MarkLada
      @MarkLada 2 роки тому +4

      I'm pretty sure my buddies and I could over throw their government.. How much are you willing to pay us?

    • @alicehood9308
      @alicehood9308 2 роки тому +12

      Tyrants? Tyrants are everywhere there is no freedom even in America in this entire global world! If you find it please let me know I would love to be there and go there and live there in peace Harmony, love respect and acceptance and equality!

    • @alexsegurasr3028
      @alexsegurasr3028 2 роки тому +4

      I would like to help them but look what happened when we helped China when Japan was kicking the dog shit out of them. Now they threaten us with war. The ungreatfulness is staggering

  • @liamyan865
    @liamyan865 8 місяців тому +1

    I do not think that the Hotel of Doom will ever open the doors for at least the next 500 years

  • @draganjobb463
    @draganjobb463 2 роки тому +1

    Could have been half the time shorter with the same info, but still worth watching for more info regarding this infamous building.

  • @karyannfontaine8757
    @karyannfontaine8757 2 роки тому +264

    I found this story of the Ryugyong Hotel interesting. This is such an unusual structure, so tall, and unique. Very sad the materials used in construction has caused deterioration. It does make a beautiful display all lit up. It must be an asset for the 3 G Network, as it reaches to the sky.

  • @jamesderrick6070
    @jamesderrick6070 2 роки тому +55

    That bedside gadget is a radio and very popular in hotel rooms those days - the equivalent to todays smart TV :))

    • @AdakStillStands
      @AdakStillStands 2 роки тому +3

      Although North Korea has added something to the table most hotels don't - a listening device! We know every visiting foreigner is monitored closely. Listening in on your tourist/personal talks, audio (if not in room video) recording, translation, write it all up and store for future use.

  • @majestedefrance6304
    @majestedefrance6304 2 роки тому +1

    It looks amazing. Very unique design.

  • @asdfghjklaila
    @asdfghjklaila Рік тому

    can’t deny, it’s still a beautiful building and a particular landmark for nk

  • @huntlife
    @huntlife 2 роки тому +10

    No one in their right mind would ever visit this place as you may return without a mind.

    • @chijiokemadubuko9004
      @chijiokemadubuko9004 2 роки тому +1

      Hehehehe. Funny but not really.

    • @chijiokemadubuko9004
      @chijiokemadubuko9004 2 роки тому +1

      "where's your mind?"
      "Oh, I must have left it on the drawer beside the bed in North Korea"

  • @minkagoldstein9228
    @minkagoldstein9228 2 роки тому +37

    Russia used to have radios that could not be turned off. It was to listen in if they wanted to.
    So no question that these night tables are also programmed the same way.

    • @donall5302
      @donall5302 2 роки тому +1

      Your tribal kin are psychopaths.

    • @katerout7020
      @katerout7020 2 роки тому +1

      Uhm you could easily turn the volume down. You're welcome

  • @supremesupreme8474
    @supremesupreme8474 2 роки тому +1

    ... the triangle shape reminds me of the rod taylor film " the time machine " ... living off past glories ...

  • @highlander666
    @highlander666 2 роки тому

    Very interesting, I never knew about this

  • @EyesOfByes
    @EyesOfByes 2 роки тому +106

    You know you're getting old when you've seen like fifty videos about this tower 😉

    • @Corrie-_-
      @Corrie-_- 2 роки тому +11

      Either that or you just have too much time on your hands 😜

    • @LikaLaruku
      @LikaLaruku 2 роки тому +9

      Wanna feel old? Just tell any kid you're "older than the internet."

    • @EyesOfByes
      @EyesOfByes 2 роки тому +5

      @@Corrie-_- Both, in fact 😆 You're absolutely right. There's a reason I've turned off Screen Time info. I don't wanna know.

    • @Corrie-_-
      @Corrie-_- 2 роки тому +1

      @@EyesOfByes yes, both works haha. You take care and have an awesome day🙂

    • @Corrie-_-
      @Corrie-_- 2 роки тому +4

      @@LikaLaruku I didn't realize the internet started in the 70s lol. I used to think I was older🙃

  • @faxzaie1418
    @faxzaie1418 2 роки тому +7

    Revelation 21:4-7
    "there will be no more death , or mourning , or crying , or pain.
    I am making everything new.
    Yes! I am coming soon."

  • @JuliandiRamadhani
    @JuliandiRamadhani 2 роки тому

    09:42 what is Ole Gunnar Solskjaer doing there 😂😂😂

  • @user-fn3vy4ug2n
    @user-fn3vy4ug2n Рік тому +1

    The window of Sacha baron Cohen shaking his head makes me think just how crazy it would be if he made the next Borat movie there 😂😂😂😂😂⚖️⚡

  • @Kenistyless
    @Kenistyless 2 роки тому +4

    Love the way you guys put this together...the intricacies in the picture sequences is something l haven't seen before...

  • @gongoozleriam9783
    @gongoozleriam9783 2 роки тому +156

    I honestly love how you create a new original and often funny/entertaining way of suggesting we like and subscribe in basically every video I've seen. Other youtubers are super annoying and repetitive about it and I get sick of hearing it from them. You make it a joy to hear lol. If I could double like and subscribe to your videos I would! :)

  • @mi-chan735
    @mi-chan735 Рік тому +1

    As soon as I saw it, I thought, “ILLUMINATI”

  • @dauphongii
    @dauphongii 2 роки тому

    Literally the second I saw the city and the building I felt like it was in Pyongyang, I don't even know why.
    Pyongyang just gives out the vibe of grey sad city, kinda like NYC if there wouldn't be a central park.

  • @psy7251
    @psy7251 2 роки тому +67

    Thanks for the video. I've heard of this abandoned hotel in NK, but this is the first time I've learnt so much about about it. Appreciate your effort.

  • @HigherWaysWoman
    @HigherWaysWoman 2 роки тому +7

    LOVE THIS CHANNEL LOVE YOUR VIDEO'S They are always so enjoyable....best in presentation(s) adding humor wit mixed in truths that even ease the pain of travesty. There is just one thing I'd like to ask to have returned cuz I just love it so much when your mascot at the begging waves arms n legs & says "That's Amazing!!" I miss this SOOO MUCH..! I agree w/all the commentors who are leaving lifting up posts....this is an awesome channel I I too enjoy watching to the "very end"...! congrats on all your success wishing that more comes your way

  • @josephbanet5410
    @josephbanet5410 5 місяців тому

    As soon as I saw the initial cityscape I knew exactly where this hotel was and why it never had a single guest.

  • @emeraldpk8570
    @emeraldpk8570 2 роки тому

    I’ve always wanted to conversate with someone from there and just talk with them and help any way I could

  • @krisaaron5771
    @krisaaron5771 2 роки тому +86

    The "Enigma" machines in the hotel rooms are probably microphones with transmitting devices so the North Korean police can listen to conversations the visitors think are private.
    After what the North Korean government did to Otto Warmbier a few years ago, that's one country I will NEVER visit! Warmbier suffered severe torture and abuse after being sentenced to 15 years of hard labor at one of that country's notorious prison camps. The young man supposedly stole a "propaganda poster" from the hotel where he was staying, although the poster was not in his luggage at the time of his arrest and has never been located.
    More than a year later, a comatose Warmbier was repatriated to the US due to what doctors termed severe brain damage, possibly a result of waterboarding and various other torture methods. He died soon after his return, having never regained consciousness.
    Consequently, North Korea-watchers report that the country's tourism activity appears to be non-existent.

    • @sallymay3643
      @sallymay3643 2 роки тому +6

      I would b afraid the vacation there. ✌

    • @ilovejaredtaylor8220
      @ilovejaredtaylor8220 2 роки тому +7

      I remember this story. Scary and sad

    • @freedomfreedom6652
      @freedomfreedom6652 2 роки тому +5

      Chinese KGB they are also listening and recording all foreners in the hotels..I do not trust to Chinese government even for 1% they are enemy to US same like Russia(Russian government)not their people

    • @krisaaron5771
      @krisaaron5771 2 роки тому +4

      @@freedomfreedom6652 The Russian people are wonderful! My ancestors were Russian and I enjoy seeing life today in their country (even if my family was barely one step ahead of the Tsar's secret police!).
      The Russians love animals and open their homes for typically "wild" creatures -- Messi and Hercules, the pumas, the Siberian tiger sanctuary, plus ordinary people caring for wolves, foxes, a caracal and a lynx!
      You and the North Korean people are so much like us; it's tragic that our governments can't get along, because we are all family and would share what we have with each other.

    • @krisaaron5771
      @krisaaron5771 2 роки тому +10

      @alec r27 We don't know that he did anything he was accused of! That video used as "proof" was of a man taking a poster down. It was grainy and filmed at night with little lighting -- no way to tell if it was Otto or not.

  • @thewholeworldisbeautiful
    @thewholeworldisbeautiful 2 роки тому +80

    I would never give any money to North Korea by visiting or staying in a hotel there

    • @Mechakie
      @Mechakie 2 роки тому +9

      yeah everything that has to do with North Korea is out for me

    • @1Y1YC4M3R4
      @1Y1YC4M3R4 2 роки тому +8

      well if its defeating them in war and killing their leader oh count me in

    • @Tlyna1952
      @Tlyna1952 2 роки тому +6

      Wouldn't be safe to go anyway. They have a history of trumping up charges for foreigners and good luck with their courts if you even see the inside of one.

    • @slowanddeliberate6893
      @slowanddeliberate6893 2 роки тому +6

      That country sucks.
      It's a giant slave plantation.

    • @Azathoth4444
      @Azathoth4444 2 роки тому +1

      I agree.

  • @jaanu2222
    @jaanu2222 Рік тому

    To be honest building such structure and that too 30 years ago is impressive

  • @bebelebo3248
    @bebelebo3248 2 роки тому

    when he asked "did you guess it?" and zoomed out to space.. I THOUGHT IT WAS LITERALLY ON ANOTHER PLANET!!!!

  • @matttrakas214
    @matttrakas214 2 роки тому +69

    The machines at the bedside hotels are for listening to the foreign guests without their knowledge and or approval.

    • @vinniegoes1733
      @vinniegoes1733 2 роки тому +10

      If you're going to nk, you know you're going to be secretly recorded

    • @MrAngryGorilla2000
      @MrAngryGorilla2000 2 роки тому +14

      Nice to know, maybe the guests can have very loud sex for them to hear.

    • @steadholderharrington9035
      @steadholderharrington9035 2 роки тому +9

      @@MrAngryGorilla2000 I hear👂even doing the horizontal cha-cha between the sheets in the DPRK without prior state sanctioned approval and clearance is illegal; as it could lead to moral corruption of the state 🚓police🚓 who would be listening in and closely monitoring your visit. 😂😂😂😂

    • @angelamartekimarkwei8608
      @angelamartekimarkwei8608 2 роки тому +1

      Like seriously! Thanks for the information

  • @gifthorse3675
    @gifthorse3675 2 роки тому +60

    I knew immediately what it was, it’s the hotel of doom in Pyongyang North Korea.

    • @steadholderharrington9035
      @steadholderharrington9035 2 роки тому

      That was low-hanging fruit there. The Ryugyong Thorn is nothing but, in everyone's side (or @$$) who have had anything to do with it, or haven't been living under a rock for the last 30 years.😅😅😂😂😂

  • @mashi4525
    @mashi4525 2 роки тому +6

    Because of their pride n arrogance, their people always have to suffer. The big problem with them wasn't the communism, it was the stupid pride n arrogance of their authorities.

  • @heathertiplady
    @heathertiplady 2 роки тому

    I've never been to Asia and it's highly unlikely I will go. Also, considering jow long it's been since that project started, I don't think that the hotel will open any time soon.

  • @veronicasmyth3830
    @veronicasmyth3830 2 роки тому +30

    I would like to Thank the Advertiser for speaking in a normal tone of voice... Finally, Someone speaking to Me, instead of AT Me. THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE. I actually listened to almost all of it.

  • @spiritjunkie_
    @spiritjunkie_ 2 роки тому +54

    i'm in love with his soothing voice 😌

  • @Travel.penang
    @Travel.penang 2 роки тому

    They should try to make this building become a rental for horror movies production

  • @timjake250
    @timjake250 2 роки тому +22

    you guys have been more than generous generous in your upload frequency!!! keep it up BE AMAZED TEAM!

  • @Protoncloud
    @Protoncloud 2 роки тому +28

    Of course it's a spying machine.
    And i think the tower would be best used as a clock and for weather report.
    How cool it would to first look for weather at the scraper and see the sky together for double assurance.

    • @klairdelun456
      @klairdelun456 2 роки тому

      Or maybe they put their nukes in there

    • @ayumi600207
      @ayumi600207 2 роки тому

      I concur. No doubt it’s a spying machine that records voices or images