Hotel Haegumgang: The sad and surprising story of North Korea's floating hotel

Hotel Haegumgang: The sad and surprising story of North Korea's floating hotel

Jacopo Prisco, CNNIt was once an exclusive five-star resort floating directly over Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. For years, it sat dilapidated in a North Korean port, a 20-minute drive from the Demilitarized Zone, the restricted area that separates the two Koreas.For the world’s first floating hotel, that’s the last stop in a bizarre 10,000-mile journey that began over 30 years ago with glamorous helicopter rides and fine dining, but ended wit…

Hotel Haegumgang: The sad and surprising story of North Korea's floating hotel

Jacopo Prisco, CNN It was once an exclusive five-star resort floating directly over Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. For years, it sat dilapidated in a North Korean port, a 20-minute drive from the Demilitarized Zone, the restricted area that separates the two Koreas. For the world’s first floating hotel, that’s the last stop in a bizarre

Hotel Haegumgang: The sad and surprising story of North Korea's floating hotel - Local News 8

Jacopo Prisco, CNN It was once an exclusive five-star resort floating directly over Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. For years, it sat dilapidated in a North Korean port, a 20-minute drive from the Demilitarized Zone, the restricted area that separates the two Koreas. For the world’s first floating hotel, that’s the last stop in a bizarre

Hotel Haegumgang: The sad and surprising story of North Korea's floating hotel

It was once an exclusive five-star resort floating directly over Australia's Great Barrier Reef. For years, it sat dilapidated in a North Korean port, a 20-minute drive from the Demilitarized Zone, the restricted area that separates the two Koreas.