On Monday 12 June, Korean police with the help of emergency services apprehended George King-Thompson, who was climbing the facade of Seoul's tallest skyscraper and the sixth tallest in the world, the Lotte World Tower, the Associated Press reported. The 123-storey building is 555 metres high. The young Briton, who was climbing without any belay, was taken down at a height of 300 metres.more