The 300-meter-tall, long-dormant hotel building that dominates Pyongyang's skyline has been lit up in the run-up to the anniversary of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung's birth on Sunday, setting off speculation that it may finally open.Locals have witnessed the glass-sheathed, pyramid-shaped 105-story Ryugyong Hotel be reanimated with lights since early April, which is, they say, often a sign in North Korea that a business is soon to start operating.Construction of the hotel began in 1987, one of a number of projects thought to have been fueled by the country's rivalry with a fast-developi…READ FULL ARTICLE
