SEOUL | Korean Rail Corp Tower | 615m | 150 fl | APP

SKorea to build world's second-highest skyscraper SEOUL, March 29, 2007 (AFP) - South Korea's Seoul city government said Thursday 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 (2,029.5 feet) 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. jkw/jc SKorea-skyscraper-construction AFP 290610 GMT MAR 07>