North Korea’s rush for party congress results leaves five “complete” hotels nonfunctional

North Korea’s rush for party congress results leaves five “complete” hotels nonfunctional

Five hotels in the Samjiyon Tourist Resort that were personally visited by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Dec. 20–21 appear complete on the outside, but are not actually ready for business, a source said. These fine-looking but nonfunctional hotels are thought to epitomize how North Korea is focused on flashy achievements in the runup to the Ninth Party Congress. Source