Just when you think you know all the hotels in Pyongyang, a friend finds yet another hotel. This time it was the Chilgol Hotel of Mangyondae District, located north of Kwangbok Street. It is the five-story light grayish green building behind the students. Like the Scientists' Guesthouse, Bonghwasan Guesthouse, and West Pyongyang Guesthouse, the Chilgol Hotel does not accept foreign guests. Beyond that we know very little.

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