UPDATE 8:   According to the BBC, Orascom claims the final plans for the hotel have yet to be approved: Dozens of Egyptian engineers and some 2,000 local workers are working on the Ryugyong project, which Orascom’s chief operating officer Khaled Bichara tells the BBC is “progressing well”, despite reported problems with suspect concrete and misaligned … Continue reading Orascom completing Ryugyong Hotel