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The Line hotel will be the first of it’s kind. A hipster hotel in K-Town with a Korean American theme by the group who brought you Ace NY and NoMad will be behind the location at 3515 Wilshire Blvd. Hipsters in K-Town? Sure, that’s where people are moving thanks to the lower rent rates, lively living and plenty of food. Yes, Roy Choi will be involved in the food. (Hotelchatter.com – The Line)
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Hotel of Doom is now set to open. If you’re here, you’ve either done something weird, are working, or are busted. This is the infamous North Korean hotel. Yes, it’s opening, most of us shouldn’t care about this 105 floor building, but the fact is, it took 24 years. That said, the last sentence is troubling. “Earlier this year the regime announced it would shut universities for 10 months and send students to work in factories, agriculture and the construction sector to help rebuild its economy by 2012.” That’s an education! (Telegraph UK – Hotel of Doom)
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