{"id":641891,"date":"2017-08-01T04:10:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T04:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/08\/01\/dprks-hotel-of-doom-gets-makeover\/"},"modified":"2017-08-01T04:10:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T04:10:00","slug":"dprks-hotel-of-doom-gets-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/08\/01\/dprks-hotel-of-doom-gets-makeover\/","title":{"rendered":"DPRK\u2019s Hotel of Doom gets makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hotel of Doom gets a makeover: <\/strong>North Korea\u2019s Ryugyong Hotel, commonly known as Hotel of Doom, got a makeover, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2017-07-31\/under-icbm-s-red-glare-pyongyang-pretties-up-its-pyramid\">Associated Press<\/a>. The renovations showed \u201ctwo broad new walkways leading to the building and the big red propaganda sign declaring that North Korea is a leading rocket power.\u201d <strong>The hotel was \u201clittle more than an embarrassing concrete shell for well over a decade\u201d before Orascom Group helped pay for work to complete building its exterior in 2011<\/strong>, the piece notes. Orascom Telecom Media and Technology had to write off the fair value of its mobile operator in North Korea, Koryolink, <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2015\/11\/22\/dprk-to-naguib-thanks-for-the-cell-phones-well-take-the-company-too\/\">in 2015<\/a>, as its auditor was \u201cnot able to verify the fair value that will be recovered at the balance sheet date.\u201d The company also exited a banking venture in the hermit country in <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2016\/12\/05\/sawiris-resigns-as-otmts-ceo-company-exits-north-korean-banking-venture\/\">December 2016<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hotel of Doom gets a makeover: North Korea\u2019s Ryugyong Hotel, commonly known as Hotel of Doom, got a makeover, according to the Associated Press. 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