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South Korea Arrests 77 in Record Illegal Gambling Bust

South Korea Arrests 77 in Record Illegal Gambling Bust

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October 19, 2026 0

South Korean police have apprehended 77 suspects connected to an illegal gambling network accused of handling KRW23 trillion ($17.3 billion)...

Kangwon Land Committee to Review $1.9B K-HIT Resort Plan

Kangwon Land Committee to Review $1.9B K-HIT Resort Plan

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October 6, 2026 0

Kangwon Land has formed a new Organizational Diagnosis and Innovation Committee to review its management structure and major strategic projects,...

Jeju Dream Tower Posts Record Visitation in September

Jeju Dream Tower Posts Record Visitation in September

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October 3, 2026 0

Jeju Dream xTower recorded its highest-ever monthly casino visitation in September, extending a year of double-digit growth in overall resort...

Ossi Ketola Wins Record $20 Million Heads-Up Poker Match in Jeju

Ossi Ketola Wins Record $20 Million Heads-Up Poker Match in Jeju

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September 14, 2026 0

A record-setting heads-up poker contest at the Triton Super High Roller Series in Jeju ended with Finnish businessman Ossi “Monarch”...

South Korea Probes GKL Over Seven Luck Visitor Figures

South Korea Probes GKL Over Seven Luck Visitor Figures

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September 1, 2026 0

South Korea’s Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is examining allegations that Grand Korea Leisure Co Ltd (GKL) may have...

Saemangeum Plans Integrated Resort With Foreign Casino

Saemangeum Plans Integrated Resort With Foreign Casino

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August 19, 2026 0

The Saemangeum Development Corporation (SDCO) is seeking investment for a major integrated resort project in South Korea that would combine...

South Korea Restricts Polymarket Access Amid Gambling Review

South Korea Restricts Polymarket Access Amid Gambling Review

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August 19, 2026 0

South Korean regulators have ordered internet access to prediction market platform Polymarket to be blocked within the country, concluding that...

58 Arrested Over Fake Kangwon Land Gambling Sites

58 Arrested Over Fake Kangwon Land Gambling Sites

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August 17, 2026 0

South Korean police have arrested 58 people accused of operating illegal gambling websites that falsely presented themselves as online services affiliated...

Jeju Dream Tower Casino Revenue Reaches 2026 Monthly High

Jeju Dream Tower Casino Revenue Reaches 2026 Monthly High

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August 4, 2026 0

South Korea’s Jeju Dream Tower recorded its strongest monthly casino revenue performance of 2026 in July, with sales reaching KRW51.59 billion (US$36.1...

Korean Tourism Groups Reject Proposed Casino Reforms

Korean Tourism Groups Reject Proposed Casino Reforms

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August 3, 2026 0

Twelve tourism organizations in South Korea have jointly called on the government to reconsider planned casino industry reforms, warning that...

South Korea Casino Group Warns Higher Levy May Hurt Industry

South Korea Casino Group Warns Higher Levy May Hurt Industry

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July 24, 2026 0

The Korea Casino Association has urged South Korea’s government to withdraw proposed regulatory changes that would increase the maximum tourism...

WPT Seoul to Debut at INSPIRE’s New Entertainment Space

WPT Seoul to Debut at INSPIRE’s New Entertainment Space

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July 21, 2026 0

The World Poker Tour (WPT) has announced that WPT Seoul will be held at INSPIRE Entertainment Resort from October 30 to November...

South Korea Charges Suspect in KRW10.3T Gambling Case

South Korea Charges Suspect in KRW10.3T Gambling Case

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July 17, 2026 0

South Korean authorities have referred a man in his 30s to prosecutors after extraditing him from the United Arab Emirates...

US Becomes Philippines’ Leading Tourism Market in 2026

US Becomes Philippines’ Leading Tourism Market in 2026

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June 20, 2026 0

The United States has moved ahead of South Korea as the Philippines’ largest source of international visitors during the first...

Korean Casino Industry Calls for Reform as Osaka Mega-Resort Looms

Korean Casino Industry Calls for Reform as Osaka Mega-Resort Looms

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June 18, 2026 0

Casino operators and tourism experts in South Korea are urging government reform as Japan moves closer to opening a large-scale...

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