In this July 27, 2017, photo, the 105-story pyramid shaped Ryugyong hotel towers over residential buildings in Pyongyang, North Korea. Revealed were two broad new walkways leading to the building and the big red propaganda sign declaring that North Korea is a leading rocket power. The day after Thursday’s anniversary, North Korea test-launched its second ICBM, which experts believe demonstrated that the North’s weapons can now theoretically reach most of the United States. Rumors, almost always unfounded, of plans to once and for all finish the hotel project are something of a parlor game among Pyongyang watchers. Pyongyang has been undergoing massive redevelopment since Kim assumed power when his father died in late 2011.

Source: Washington Post July 31, 2017 00:37 UTC