Comments on: Former DPRK embassy to become hotel http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2008/04/04/former-dprk-embassy-to-become-hotel/ News and analysis of the North Korean economy Wed, 08 Feb 2012 06:18:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » DPRK seeks hike in embassy rent http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2008/04/04/former-dprk-embassy-to-become-hotel/#comment-185789 North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » DPRK seeks hike in embassy rent Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:41:26 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2008/04/04/former-dprk-embassy-to-become-hotel/#comment-185789 [...] embassies in Pyongyang, the DPRK earns revenue from its embassies abroad.  See here, here, here, here, here, and [...] [...] embassies in Pyongyang, the DPRK earns revenue from its embassies abroad.  See here, here, here, here, here, and [...]

]]> By: North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » DPRK diplos arrested for smuggling (again) http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2008/04/04/former-dprk-embassy-to-become-hotel/#comment-166439 North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » DPRK diplos arrested for smuggling (again) Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:52:48 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2008/04/04/former-dprk-embassy-to-become-hotel/#comment-166439 [...] Sometimes the DPRK embassy staff make “good” business decisions. [...] [...] Sometimes the DPRK embassy staff make “good” business decisions. [...]

]]> By: North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » NK Embassy in Pakistan Involved in Smuggling http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2008/04/04/former-dprk-embassy-to-become-hotel/#comment-151376 North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » NK Embassy in Pakistan Involved in Smuggling Tue, 04 Aug 2009 02:00:42 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2008/04/04/former-dprk-embassy-to-become-hotel/#comment-151376 [...] funds from Pyongyang.  This incentive structure is interesting from an economic perspective.  Sometimes it generates interesting results like this.  Unfortunately it also generates outcomes like this.  End the end, some diplomats just do not [...] [...] funds from Pyongyang.  This incentive structure is interesting from an economic perspective.  Sometimes it generates interesting results like this.  Unfortunately it also generates outcomes like this.  End the end, some diplomats just do not [...]

]]> By: AlexOverseas http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2008/04/04/former-dprk-embassy-to-become-hotel/#comment-49294 AlexOverseas Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:04:33 +0000 http://www.nkeconwatch.com/2008/04/04/former-dprk-embassy-to-become-hotel/#comment-49294 Fascinating! I used to live in Cairo, and the DPRK embassy there is a wonderful, mouldering, "Sunset Boulevard" style mansion in what was once a very posh district (much of it nationlized after the 1952 revolution). We used to sit on a friend's balcony and watch the staff's weekend activities in the embassy's overgrown garden, which consisted entirely of playing volleyball, getting drunk, and then fighting. We also used to peer up the front walk into the sometimes half-open door; the lobby was dominated by a a large illuminated Great Leader/Dear Leader mural that often seemed, at night, the only source of light on the premises. It would make an atmospheric hotel, that's for sure... Fascinating! I used to live in Cairo, and the DPRK embassy there is a wonderful, mouldering, “Sunset Boulevard” style mansion in what was once a very posh district (much of it nationlized after the 1952 revolution). We used to sit on a friend’s balcony and watch the staff’s weekend activities in the embassy’s overgrown garden, which consisted entirely of playing volleyball, getting drunk, and then fighting. We also used to peer up the front walk into the sometimes half-open door; the lobby was dominated by a a large illuminated Great Leader/Dear Leader mural that often seemed, at night, the only source of light on the premises.

It would make an atmospheric hotel, that’s for sure…

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