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_2021-03-22
South Korea, which attracted significant interest when it first opened for foreign investors, is now seen as holding limited appeal unless the government agrees to relax its stance on local gaming.

_2020-10-06
Paradise Co., which operates foreigner-only casinos in South Korea, saw an improvement in sales in September from the prior month, even though they were down 71 percent from the prior year.

_2020-09-08
Kangwon Land outperformed South Korea’s foreigner-only casinos in 2019, with turnover rising 5.8 percent compared with a drop of 10.9 percent for 16 other properties.

_2019-09-24
Bangladesh plans to set up a tourism zones including casinos to boost tourism development, according to local media reports.  The resorts would be

_2019-08-07
Casino investors from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau have made enquiries about operating in Myanmar after the government passed new regulations in May.

_2019-07-23
South Korea’s foreigner-only casinos posted strong revenue growth in 2018, gaining 34 percent over the prior year, according to figures from the country’s National Gambling Control Commission.

_2019-06-10
Grand Korea Leisure reported a 2.9 percent decline in casino sales for May, pulled down by a drop in revenue from table games.

_2018-03-12
A Wakayama prefectural official tells Asia Gaming Brief that they are ready to launch an RFC process with IR operators very quickly after the IR Imple

_2015-12-05
Operator of Seven Luck casinos in Korea, Grand Korea Leisure (GKL), has appointed Lee Ki-Woo as the new Chief Executive Officer of Grand Leisure at a

_2015-11-10
Grand Korea Leisure reported an 18 percent decline in year-on-year sales in 15Q3 to KRW111.27 billion ($96.2 million) and a 9.1 percent drop from the