Record no. MRB-2026-007036

One of the tallest long-unoccupied skyscrapers in the world

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Standing 330 metres tall in Pyongyang, the pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel remained unfinished and unoccupied for over two decades after construction began in 1987, making it one of the tallest vacant buildings in the world.