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Source/Further reading:

History of the hotel: https://edition.cnn.com/style/....article/ryugyong-hot
Overview: https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ryugyong-hotel
North Korean famine: https://www.history.com/news/n....orth-koreas-devastat
In depth: https://www.theatlantic.com/bu....siness/archive/2011/
Tales of the famine: https://www.newyorker.com/news..../daily-comment/north
Cannibalism in the famine: https://www.washingtonpost.com..../news/worldviews/wp/
Kim eating pizza as his countrymen starve: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asi....a-pacific/3559266.st
History podcast on Kim Jong-il, the handover of power, and the famine: https://www.stitcher.com/podca....st/joe-streckert/int
How the LEDs were installed: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia..../east-asia/article/2
Some words on Pyongyang architecture: https://failedarchitecture.com..../pleasure-postponed-
Juche explained: https://www.vox.com/world/2018..../6/18/17441296/north
2014 apartment collapse: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27459186