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Despite being one the world's most authoritarian and isolated countries, North Korea's doors remain open to tourists, who spend downtime in Pyongyang's architecturally beguiling hotels, dining in grand banquet halls, belting out numbers in kitsch karaoke rooms, and taking in the evening view from one of the revolving restaurants. Asia specialist and podcast host James Scullin has collaborated with photographer Nicole Reed to create Hotels of Pyongyang, capturing the surprising variety of North Korean architecture and design, from historic brutalist Soviet to modern shining marble, in a luxuriously designed and printed volume with over 150 beautiful photographs, and four in-depth essays.

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James Scullin is a project manager and producer focussing on initiatives that enhance engagement between Asia and the West. He has worked as a tour guide for the North Korean travel company Juche Travel Services since 2013 and has travelled and written on North Korea extensively, and hosts the China Path Podcast. Nicole Reed is an award-winning photographer specialising in capturing urban environments. Her documentation of urban sprawl and decay demonstrate social commentary and her innate ability to source beauty in overlooked places - a sense of mourning and celebration for what these places once were.

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