Ryugyong Hotel
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Ryugyong Hotel is a massive, pyramid-shaped skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea, often noted as one of the world’s tallest unfinished hotels and a prominent symbol of the city’s skyline.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ryugyong Hotel canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1171471 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ryugyong Hotel Context triple: [Pyongyang, hasLandmark, Ryugyong Hotel]
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A.
Juche Tower
Juche Tower is a monumental stone structure in Pyongyang symbolizing North Korea’s state ideology of Juche and serving as one of the country’s most prominent propaganda landmarks.
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B.
Mangyongdae Native House
Mangyongdae Native House is a preserved traditional Korean home in Pyongyang revered as the birthplace and childhood residence of North Korea’s founding leader, Kim Il Sung.
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C.
Palace of the Republic
The Palace of the Republic was a prominent modernist parliamentary and cultural building in former East Berlin that housed the East German legislature and served as a major social and event venue.
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D.
Kim Il-sung Square
Kim Il-sung Square is the central ceremonial plaza in Pyongyang, North Korea, known for military parades, mass rallies, and its prominent political symbolism.
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E.
Lubyanka Building
The Lubyanka Building is a historic Moscow structure infamous as the main Soviet-era security service complex, associated with political repression and state surveillance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ryugyong Hotel Target entity description: Ryugyong Hotel is a massive, pyramid-shaped skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea, often noted as one of the world’s tallest unfinished hotels and a prominent symbol of the city’s skyline.
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A.
Juche Tower
Juche Tower is a monumental stone structure in Pyongyang symbolizing North Korea’s state ideology of Juche and serving as one of the country’s most prominent propaganda landmarks.
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B.
Mangyongdae Native House
Mangyongdae Native House is a preserved traditional Korean home in Pyongyang revered as the birthplace and childhood residence of North Korea’s founding leader, Kim Il Sung.
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C.
Palace of the Republic
The Palace of the Republic was a prominent modernist parliamentary and cultural building in former East Berlin that housed the East German legislature and served as a major social and event venue.
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D.
Kim Il-sung Square
Kim Il-sung Square is the central ceremonial plaza in Pyongyang, North Korea, known for military parades, mass rallies, and its prominent political symbolism.
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E.
Lubyanka Building
The Lubyanka Building is a historic Moscow structure infamous as the main Soviet-era security service complex, associated with political repression and state surveillance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hotel building
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landmark ⓘ skyscraper ⓘ unfinished building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
futurist architecture
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modernist architecture ⓘ |
| city | Pyongyang ⓘ |
| claddingCompletion | around 2011 ⓘ |
| constructionHalted | 1990s ⓘ |
| constructionResumed | 2008 ⓘ |
| constructionStartYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | North Korea ⓘ |
| developer | North Korean government ⓘ |
| elevationType | high-rise ⓘ |
| floorCount | approximately 105 ⓘ |
| function | propaganda backdrop ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
antenna mast
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revolving top section ⓘ three-winged pyramidal form ⓘ |
| hasLighting | LED facade lighting ⓘ |
| hasObservation | planned observation decks ⓘ |
| hasRestaurants | planned revolving restaurants ⓘ |
| height |
approximately 1,080 feet
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approximately 330 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Moranbong District
ⓘ
linked to:
Taedonggang District
Pyongyang ⓘ Pyongyang, North Korea ⓘ
linked to:
Pyongyang
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| location | Pyongyang ⓘ |
| material |
concrete
ⓘ
glass ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Ryugyong (historic name of Pyongyang)
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linked to:
Pyongyang
|
| nativeName | 류경호텔 ⓘ |
| nativeNameLanguage | Korean ⓘ |
| nickname | Hotel of Doom ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a prominent feature of Pyongyang skyline
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being one of the tallest unfinished buildings in the world ⓘ long construction delays ⓘ |
| owner | North Korean government ⓘ |
| plannedOpening | 1992 ⓘ |
| ranking | one of the tallest buildings in North Korea ⓘ |
| region | East Asia ⓘ |
| shape | pyramid ⓘ |
| skylineRole | dominant landmark in central Pyongyang ⓘ |
| startDateOfConstruction | 1987 ⓘ |
| status |
never opened to the public
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topped out ⓘ unfinished ⓘ |
| use |
hotel (planned)
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mixed-use (planned) ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ryugyong Hotel Description of subject: Ryugyong Hotel is a massive, pyramid-shaped skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea, often noted as one of the world’s tallest unfinished hotels and a prominent symbol of the city’s skyline.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.