The Lotte World Tower features the world’s tallest and fastest double-decker elevator, the Sky Shuttle, which whisks passengers from the basement to the 121st-floor observation deck in one ...

Read more: Stunning photos of the 10 best skyscrapers in the world Earlier this week, the Lotte World ... hotel's lowest floor is still higher than the city's second tallest tower.

Monthly Ticket is a CNN Travel series that spotlights some of the most fascinating topics in the travel world. September’s theme is ‘Build it Big,’ as we share the stories behind some of the ...

Lotte Group founder Shin Kyuk-ho, in 1987, thought it was time for Seoul to offer foreign tourists something other than royal palaces and traditional aesthetics. Paris’ Eiffel Tower and New York’s ...

In 2018, French climber Alain Robert, known as “Spiderman” for his daring stunt, was also detained after climbing the 75th floor of the Lotte World Tower. Lotte officials said they heard he ...

The man, in his twenties, was forced to abandon his free climb of the 123-floor Lotte World Tower in the South Korean capital Seoul, the Songpa Fire Station said in a press release. He had ...

French urban climber Alain Robert, center, is arrested after being intercepted during his climb of the Lotte World Tower in Seoul ... was intercepted on the 75th floor of the 123-story building ...

KPF’s Lotte World Tower in Seoul, South Korea is officially ... located on the 85th floor; and the world’s fastest elevator, which can transport visitors from bottom to top in one minute.