The Communist state also needs extra cash this year to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the birth of the "Great Leader" with a two-month-long festival that runs till June 29.
While North Korea's leadership may have other uses in mind with any aid it might get, residents of Pyongyang are optimistic the Ryugyong Hotel project will see completion soon, reluctant to see it become a symbol of North Korea's economic demise for good.
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