British man George King-Thompson free climbed 72 floors up the outside of South Korea's Lotte Tower in Seoul without equipment. The man climbed 72 of the 123 floors before being caught and handed ...

King-Thompson was previously prosecuted and jailed for climbing the London skyscraper The Shard in 2019, according to UK court documents.

He is currently being questioned at a police station in Seoul’s Songpa district.” King-Thompson was previously sentenced to six months in jail for free-climbing the Shard in London in 2019.

King-Thompson was arrested in 2019 after scaling the Shard in London — the U.K.’s tallest skyscraper at 310 meters 1,017 feet — after the owners of the building pressed charges against him ...

King-Thompson was arrested in 2019 after scaling the Shard in London — the U.K.’s tallest skyscraper at 1,017 feet— after the owners of the building pressed charges against him for trespassing.

A British man was recently arrested for attempting to scale the Lotte World Tower in South Korea. Skyscraper climber George King-Thompson, 24, was previously arrested for climbing the Shard in London.

Mr King-Thompson reached the 73rd floor where authorities forced him to get into a maintenance cradle and enter the building, a fire department official said, ...