{"id":777011440,"date":"2023-11-27T03:16:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T06:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777011440"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:14:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T18:14:43","slug":"two-south-korean-gambling-kingpins-arrested-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/two-south-korean-gambling-kingpins-arrested-in-thailand","title":{"rendered":"Alleged South Korean gambling operators arrested in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The two men had allegedly fled from South Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Thailand.- The <strong>Central Investigation Bureau (CIB)<\/strong> has arrested two South Korean nationals, Park Kyungjun and <strong>Park Jongmin<\/strong>, alleged operators of the online gambling platform<strong> OPPA CASINO<\/strong>. They had fled to Thailand.\u00a0They have reportedly been charged for overstaying and violating gambling regulations, as indicated in arrest warrants from the South Korean government and Interpol red notices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Pattaya Mail, the two men had established an office in a neighbouring country before seeking refuge in Thailand. They are alleged to have <strong>collected turnover of approximately 5.9bn Thai Baht<\/strong> from gambling operations since 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collaborating with the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Thailand, authorities traced the suspects to the Klong Toey and Wattana districts of Bangkok. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/thai-house-committee-to-study-legalisation-of-casinos\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thai House Committee to study legalisation of casinos<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The two men had allegedly fled from South Korea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Thai authorities, in collaboration with the South Korean Embassy, have apprehended two South Korean nationals, Park Kyungjun and Park Jongmin, alleged operators of the illicit online gambling platform OPPA CASINO. The individuals, subject to Interpol red notices, are accused of generating approximately 5.9 billion Thai Baht in turnover since 2019 through unregulated operations. This incident underscores ongoing challenges in cross-border regulatory enforcement within the iGaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Park Kyungjun, Park Jongmin, OPPA CASINO, Central Investigation Bureau (CIB), Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Interpol, Pattaya Mail, Thai House Committee","focusai_location":"South Korea, Thailand, Bangkok, Klong Toey, Wattana","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Cross-border Enforcement Efficacy","query":"What specific enhancements to international regulatory cooperation and data sharing are being considered to more effectively combat cross-border illegal iGaming operations and financial illicit flows?"},{"label":"Thailand Legalisation Impact","query":"How might the ongoing discussions within the Thai House Committee regarding casino legalisation influence the future landscape of both regulated and unregulated online gambling activities in the region?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[4138],"class_list":["post-777011440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011440","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777011440"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040897,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011440\/revisions\/777040897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777011440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777011440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777011440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}