Originally Posted by
jpatokal
Have you visited any of these places? There are no minders in Burma, South Korean culture these days is pretty much orthogonal to North Korea's, and Pyongyang's
solitary famous unfinished building is, in fact, currently under heavy construction again.
That's right. When I was last in Pyongyang (September 2009) Orascom was hard at work on the exterior of the giant Ryugong Hotel. Can't wait to see it finished (and hopefully stay there one day when it's a Westin).