{"id":5511,"date":"2020-04-13T09:05:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-13T09:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=5511"},"modified":"2026-04-24T06:13:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:13:00","slug":"south-korea-jeju-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/south-korea-jeju-casino","title":{"rendered":"South Korea: Paradise Co. reopens Jeju casino"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Property has opened its doors today despite the on-going Coronavirus pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>South Korea.-  Paradise Co Ltd\u00a0has re-opened its casino on Jeju island despite the on-going Coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, in a filing to the Korea Exchange the company said it had extended the closure period for its other three gaming venues in country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Its properties, closed since March 24, will remain shuttered until April 20\u00a0in line with the country\u2019s efforts to contain the spread of Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the note, the suspension of\u00a0three\u00a0casino sites, located at Seoul, Incheon\u00a0and Busan, is scheduled until 6am on April\u00a020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It emphasised as well that its hotel operations were still \u201copen\u201d. Paradise Casino Jeju Grand reopened today at 6am, the firm said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another foreigner-only casino operator, Grand Korea Leisure Co Ltd, which operates three venues under the Seven Luck brand, had already announced last week that it was\u00a0suspending\u00a0operations\u00a0at its casinos until April 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only casino resort where nationals are allowed to gamble, Kangwon Land Inc, has been closed since February 23 and also confirmed it would remain closed until April 20. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Property has opened its doors today despite the on-going Coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Paradise Co Ltd has partially resumed operations by reopening its Jeju Grand casino, while extending closures for its Seoul, Incheon, and Busan properties until April 20 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This aligns with similar operational suspensions by competitors Grand Korea Leisure Co Ltd and Kangwon Land Inc, reflecting broader industry-wide compliance with public health directives in South Korea.","focusai_entities":"Paradise Co Ltd, Grand Korea Leisure Co Ltd, Seven Luck, Kangwon Land Inc, Korea Exchange","focusai_location":"South Korea, Jeju island, Seoul, Incheon, Busan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Revenue Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected GGR and NGR impact for Paradise Co Ltd and its competitors from these extended closures, and how does this affect their Q2 financial outlook?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Adaptations","query":"Are South Korean regulators considering any temporary adjustments to B2B\/B2C licensing requirements or operational governance frameworks to support operators during prolonged pandemic-related disruptions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,161,16338,158],"tags":[29,7299,152],"class_list":["post-5511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-daily-news","category-east-asia-news","category-slider-home","tag-casino","tag-coronavirus","tag-south-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5511"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5515,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5511\/revisions\/5515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}