...and what else is 'new' upon the BBC site, dazzlenation?....let me see...north korean hotels and that 'soviet' style...see previous post....go figure:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-54820494

Many of them were constructed during the 1970s and 1980s by East Germany and the Soviet Union after the Korean War left much of the city destroyed.

The architecture is heavily influenced by Soviet styles