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The Ryugyong Hotel was a hotel that was being built in North Korea in the late 1980's. Let's say that instead of NK's government ceasing construction over financial problems, the government continues building it. So it would be built in time for the World Festival of Youth and Students that took place in 1989.

Its obvious that if construction on this building finishes, North Korea will have less money and so the North Korean famine in 1995 will be considerably worse. How would this affect other things? If the hotel was built in 1989 it would have been the largest hotel in the world. Would there be more tourists in Pyongyang? How would this affect North Korea's standing in the world?
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