Noted hotel caught in North Korea resort area purge

A former luxury hotel in North Korea that once symbolized eased access to the authoritarian nation is being destroyed by the government along with other property in the Mount Kumgang resort area, according to new information. Unconfirmed reports had been circulating for months about the dismantling of Hotel Haegumgang in a general razing of the region where a short-lived reconciliation program between North and South Korea took place.