All posts tagged "lotte tower"

  • A firefighter inspects the site of a fire at Lotte Mart inside the second Lotte World in southern Seoul, Monday. (Yonhap)
    Fire breaks out at Lotte Tower

    By Lee Kyung-min A fire was put out minutes after it broke out at a branch of Lotte Mart located inside the second Lotte Tower in southern Seoul, early Monday, company officials said. This was the latest...

    • Posted June 8, 2015
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  • Lotte Group, South Korea's fifth-largest conglomerate, is mired in a family feud between the corporate founder's two sons who want to take over the leadership from their 93-year-old father, Shin Kyuk-ho. The retail and food giant has been building the Lotte World Tower in the southern Seoul to realize the founder's lifelong ambition, which is set to be the country's tallest structure upon completion. (Yonhap)
    City lifts construction ban on controversial Lotte skyscraper

    SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) — The Seoul municipal government on Thursday decided to lift its partial ban on the Lotte World Tower, nearly five months after it blocked usage of the disputed skyscraper and halted ongoing construction...

    • Posted May 7, 2015
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