Koryo Hotel

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Koryo Hotel
Koryo Hotel
Front view
Basic data
Place: Pyongyang
Opening: 1985
Status : in operation
Use / legal
Usage : hotel
Room : 500
Technical specifications
Height : 143 m
Floors : 45
Usable area : 84,000 m²

The Koryo Hotel is the second largest operating hotel in North Korea , after the Yanggakdo International Hotel . The hotel is close to Pyongyang Central Station , which is located in the Chung-guyŏk downtown district of the North Korean capital, Pyongyang . The double-towered building is 143 meters high and has 45 floors. The building was constructed in 1985 under the supervision of Kim Il-sung .

According to western standards, the complex is a three-star hotel. North Korea awards the hotel five stars. On June 11, 2015, a fire broke out in the connecting piece between the two towers of the hotel. How the fire came about remained unclear.

Naming

"Koryo" is the name of an earlier kingdom from which the term "Korea", which is used in most Western languages, is derived. The term "Koryo" is also used in the name of the North Korean airline Air Koryo .

The Koryo Hotel replaced an older hotel with the same name but in a different location. In 1946, the chairman of the Korean Democratic Party, Cho Man-sik , was placed under house arrest for some time.

Furnishing

The hotel has 500 rooms. The rooms are equipped with a minibar and a television with international channels.

The Koryo Hotel has five restaurants, including a revolving restaurant on the 45th floor, a Japanese restaurant and a Korean grill restaurant, as well as several bars and cafes. On the ground floor there is a grocery store and a souvenir shop, among other things. The hotel also has two cinemas with 200 and 70 seats, a swimming pool, a billiard room and a bookshop. There is a casino with slot machines in the basement . The hotel also has smaller meeting rooms and banquet halls.

gallery

  • Entrance to the hotel

  • Entrance hall

  • room

  • Souvenir shop

  • Bookstore

  • Dining room

  • swimming pool

Web links

Commons : Koryo Hotel  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c North Korea Travel Guides . HotelChatter. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  2. ↑ Koryo Hotel, Pyongyang . In: SkyscraperPage . Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  3. ↑ a b Koryo Hotel . In: Northkorea1on1.com . Archived from the original on December 12, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  4. ^ Hotel Koryo . In: Structurae . Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  5. ↑ FAQs - DPRK (North Korea) Tours . In: Koryo Tours . Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  6. ↑ James Pearson: Pyongyang's Koryo Hotel, tourist hub, catches fire . In: Reuters , June 11, 2015. 
  7. ^ Mysterious fire in Pyongyang's oldest hotel . In: T-online , June 19, 2015. 
  8. ^ Bong Lee: The Unfinished War: Korea . Algora Publishing, 2003, p. 40.
  9. ↑ Paik Sun Yup, Sŏn-yŏp Paek: From Pusan ​​to Panmunjom . Potomac Books, 1999, p. 82.
  10. ↑ Hotels in North Korea . In: Korea Konsult . Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  11. ↑ a b Koryo Hotel . In: North Korea Travel . Retrieved August 15, 2017.

Coordinates: 39 ° 0 ′ 31.5 ″  N , 125 ° 44 ′ 9.9 ″  E