{"id":5784,"date":"2020-04-21T08:48:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T08:48:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=5784"},"modified":"2026-04-24T05:56:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T08:56:47","slug":"south-korea-paradise-co-reopens-casinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/south-korea-paradise-co-reopens-casinos","title":{"rendered":"Paradise Co reopens three casinos in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Business as usual for casino operator with three casinos now open to the public following the Covid-19 closure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea.- South Korea is slowly returning to normal following the Coronavirus crisis, with the country&#8217;s gambling sector showing signs of life as casinos begin to reopen their doors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <em>GGRAsia<\/em>, foreigner-only casino operator <em><strong>Paradise Co<\/strong><\/em> reopened three of its four gaming venues in South Korea yesterday (April 20) after being closed for one month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reopened Paradise Co sites are: Paradise Casino (pictured) at the Paradise City resort in Incheon; Paradise Casino Walkerhill in Seoul; and Paradise Casino Busan in the port city Busan,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, the company re-opened its casino on Jeju Island despite the on-going Coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korean casino operator, Grand Korea Leisure, has said it will keep its doors closed <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/grand-korea-leisure-closure-coronavirus\">until May 6<\/a><\/em><\/strong> to prevent the further spread of Coronavirus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/kangwon-land-extends-closure-may-casino\">Kangwon Land<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, the only casino in South Korea where locals are permitted to gamble, will remain closed until May 4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business as usual for casino operator with three casinos now open to the public following the Covid-19 closure.<\/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":"South Korean casino operators are progressively resuming operations post-COVID-19, signaling a cautious market recovery. Paradise Co has reopened four of its foreigner-only integrated resorts, including flagship properties in Incheon, Seoul, and Busan. Conversely, Grand Korea Leisure and Kangwon Land, the latter being the sole domestic-access casino, have extended their operational closures, impacting their respective GGR trajectories.","focusai_entities":"Paradise Co, Grand Korea Leisure, Kangwon Land","focusai_location":"South Korea, Incheon, Seoul, Busan, Jeju Island","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Recovery Projections","query":"What are the projected GGR recovery rates for South Korean foreigner-only casinos versus Kangwon Land, considering the staggered reopening timelines and differing target demographics?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Post-COVID","query":"How are South Korean regulatory bodies adapting compliance frameworks to address public health protocols and operational continuity for casino licensees post-COVID-19?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,161,16338,158],"tags":[29,7299,9860,1705,152],"class_list":["post-5784","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-kangwon","tag-paradise-co","tag-south-korea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784","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=5784"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008718,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5784\/revisions\/777008718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}