It could be yet another false dawn, but it appears that - after 30 years of gathering dust - North Korea’s so-called "Hotel of Doom" might be nearing completion.

The imposing pyramid structure has loomed over the nation’s capital, Pyongyang, for three decades, but construction has stalled time and time again, leaving the building merely an expensive shell.

However, new satellite images appear to show work has restarted on the 3,000-room, 105-storey establishment officially known as the Ryugyong Hotel, with cranes and building trucks milling around its base.

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