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![A 24-year-old British man, identified as climber George King-Thompson, was detained after climbing the Lotte World Tower in Jamsil, southern Seoul on June 12. [SONGPA FIRE STATION]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11720630.jpg?imageId=11720630&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A 24-year-old British man was detained after climbing the Lotte World Tower in Jamsil, southern Seoul on Monday morning. Police identified the man as climber George King-Thompson. [SONGPA FIRE STATION]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11706325.jpg?imageId=11706325&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A view of apartment buildings in Gangnam and Songpa District, southern Seoul, as seen from Lotte World Tower on Monday. The average apartment price in Gangnam District dropped by 0.01 percent in the last week of June, the first drop in four months, according to data from the Korea Real Estate Board. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10116633.jpg?imageId=10116633&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Customers take the Sky Bridge Tour at the Lotte World Tower in southern Seoul. The tour, which involves walking across a bridge 54 meters (177 feet) in the air, reopened after it was halted in the winter, Lotte Shopping said Thursday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10398617.jpg?imageId=10398617&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Seoul Sky, the observatory at the top of the Lotte World Tower in Songpa District, southern Seoul, said last week it is launching the ’Sky Bridge Tour“ program this Friday. The new tour is a high-altitude experience at 541 meters (1,775 feet) above ground, where visitors get to walk across the bridge that connects the two separate structures at the very top of the tower. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11795295.jpg?imageId=11795295&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)