List of Top 100 tallest buildings in North Korea in 2025

List of Top 100 tallest buildings in North Korea in 2025. This list of tallest buildings in North Korea ranks the tallest buildings in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, by height. The tallest buildings are almost exclusively found in the capital city of Pyongyang, and most of them are either hotels or residential buildings.

The Ryugyong Hotel (Korean: 류경호텔; sometimes spelled as Ryu-Gyong Hotel), or Yu-Kyung Hotel, is a 330 m (1,080 ft) tall unfinished pyramid-shaped skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea. Its name (lit. “capital of willows”) is also one of the historical names for Pyongyang. The building has been planned as a mixed-use development, which would include a hotel.

Construction began in 1987 but was halted in 1992 as North Korea entered a period of economic crisis after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. After 1992, the building stood topped out, but without any windows or interior fittings. In 2008, construction resumed, and the exterior was completed in 2011. The hotel was planned to open in 2012, the centenary of founding leader Kim Il Sung‘s birth. A partial opening was announced for 2013, but this was cancelled. In 2018, an LED display was fitted to one side, which is used to show propaganda animations and film scenes.

The Ryugyong Hotel is 330 m (1,080 ft) tall, making it the most prominent feature of Pyongyang’s skyline and the tallest building in North Korea.

Please note that all heights shown in italics/red are estimated heights. These have been calculated based on known floor counts for the building, then extrapolated through analyzing typically hundreds of buildings of the same function on this database that do have confirmed heights. The user should be aware that non-standard building features, such as significant spires or raised entrances / podiums, may affect the accuracy of these estimations.

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