SKorea to build world’s second-highest skyscraper

SEOUL – South Korea’s Seoul city government said yesterday it has approved a plan to build the world’s second-highest skyscraper in the central business district, officials said.

The state-run Korea Railroad Corp’s plan to build a 150-story building, measuring 615 metres high, by 2013 in Yongsan was endorsed on Wednesday, city government officials said. The city’s urban construction committee set the ceiling on the planned building’s height at 620 metres, they said.The building would be the world’s second-highest after the Burj Dubai, a tower now under construction in the United Arab Emirates that will reach 830 metres high, they added.The Korea Railroad Corp said it would need consultations with the city government – as both still remain at odds over other terms and conditions of the development project – before the construction.Nampa-AFPThe city’s urban construction committee set the ceiling on the planned building’s height at 620 metres, they said.The building would be the world’s second-highest after the Burj Dubai, a tower now under construction in the United Arab Emirates that will reach 830 metres high, they added.The Korea Railroad Corp said it would need consultations with the city government – as both still remain at odds over other terms and conditions of the development project – before the construction.Nampa-AFP