April 18, 2024
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Enormous LED light wall added to side of Pyongyang’s Ryugyong Hotel

Huge light fixture newest addition to iconic building in North Korean capital city

An enormous animated LED light wall has been added to what appears to be an entire side of the iconic 105-floor Ryugyong hotel building in Pyongyang, mid-May photos seen by NK News show.

The addition of the light wall – which photos showed alternating between a bar pattern and full illumination – comes after an LED display featuring a North Korean flag was added to the top of the building in early April.

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