Reports are circulating that a new luxury class hotel / casino is under construction in Pyongyang, seemingly as part of a China backed plan to boost North Korean de-luxe hotel capacity.

The news comes just months after luxury hotel group Kempinski revealed that they would be opening rooms at Pyongyang’s iconic, pyramid shaped “Ryugyong Hotel”.

Chosun Exchange’s Geoffrey K. See confirmed the development, taking a photograph of foundation work (pictured above) while visitingPyongyang last month. During his stay, See wrote that he heard that the new luxury hotel would be between 45-75 floors and fill a “gaping hole” next