When we arrived in the hotel one of the few in pyongyang that foreigners are permitted to stay in there it was.
Forbidden 5th floor north korea.
The fifth floor is missing from the elevator panel and while it can be accessed by.
According to several sources the 5th floor of the yanggakdo hotel is solely dedicated to monitor the guests and their activities.
The rules for these visits were tightened in 2017 in part many believe due to one fateful trip made by a western student to the forbidden fifth floor of the yanggakdo hotel.
The tallest occupied building in north korea the yanggakdo hotel towers over pyonghang harboring a secret.
Calvin sun recalls going to the hidden 5th floor of the hotel the same hotel where otto warmbier stayed during his trip to north korea.
This is our story.
Now that s not creepy at all.
The mythical elevator that went 3 4 6 7 it skipped the fifth floor.
Calvin sun recalls going to the hidden 5th floor of the hotel the same hotel where otto warmbier stayed during his trip to.
The night clearly shows the difference between north korea and china.
A medical student at the time he decided to spend his summer break embarking on a world trip that ultimately led him to pyongyang north korea.
The hotel is located on yanggak island in the river taedong two kilometres 1 2 mi to the south east of the centre of pyongyang the nation s capital it rises to an overall height of 170 metres 560 ft and has a slowly.
In august 2011 on our last night in pyongyang north korea 15 of us ventured to the hidden 5th floor of the yanggakodo hotel.
When the sun goes down.
In a lengthy account he shared with the bbc us doctor calvin sun recalled the night he spent inside the forbidden fifth floor of the yanggakdo hotel back in 2011.