Tardy traveller makes phoney bomb threat

A man in South Korea who was running late for a flight has been arrested for phoning in a bomb threat to delay the plane.

The man, identified only as Shin, was running late for a flight out of Gimpo airport, west of Seoul.

In an effort to delay the plane he called the airport from a pay phone and warned that a bomb would explode on the flight.

The plane was delayed for two hours and the man managed to board the flight and fly to a resort island.

He was arrested yesterday when he returned to Seoul.

South Korea is on high alert ahead of next week's G20 leader's summit in Seoul.