Just ten miles north of the inter-Korean border, a luxury golf resort developed by a well-known South Korean hotel brand is slowly decaying in the North Korean resort town of Mount Kumgang. 

The Ananti Golf and Spa Resort cost a hefty $75 million and opened in May 2008, but was unlucky enough to be born in the twilight of inter-Korean cooperation’s so-called Sunshine era.

Less than six weeks after opening for business, the resort abruptly shut down in July 2008. A North Korean soldier had killed a South Korean tourist who was walking in a nearby prohibited area, resulting in