{"id":777012292,"date":"2024-01-08T10:14:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T13:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777012292"},"modified":"2026-04-22T14:14:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:14:26","slug":"half-of-jeju-residents-link-casinos-to-rising-crime-survey-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/half-of-jeju-residents-link-casinos-to-rising-crime-survey-says","title":{"rendered":"Half of Jeju residents link casinos to rising crime, survey says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A survey on Jeju Island has found that nearly half of residents believe that the island’s foreigner-only casinos are responsible for an increase in crime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

South Korea.- A recent survey conducted by the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province<\/strong> has revealed nearly 49.9 per cent of residents attributed a surge in local crime to foreigner-only casinos, while only 14.2 per cent disagreed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The survey involved 1,000 islanders aged 19 and above<\/strong>. It was conducted between October and November of 2023 and didn’t delve into participants’ reasons for associating casino operations with an uptick in criminal activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

51.4 per cent of surveyed people advocated for stricter state regulations on casinos, while 27.3 per cent believed the industry required more government support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In contrast, about four out of ten islanders believe that casinos help attract more foreign visitors and increase tourist spending, while 33.7 per cent believe the industry contributes to job creation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeju Island, a Self-Governing Province, hosts eight foreigner-only casinos, including the Jeju Shinhwa World<\/strong>, operated by Shin Hwa World, and the Jeju Dream Tower resort<\/strong>, managed by Lotte Tour Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jeju Dream Tower<\/a> has recently reported casino sales for the full year 2023 rose 248.7 per cent year-on-year<\/a>, from KRW43.68bn to KRW152.30bn (US$116.1m).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December casino revenue declined 20.6 per cent month-on-month<\/a> from KRW18bn (US$13.8m) to KRW14.22bn (US$10.84m). The figure was up 582.5 per cent in year-on-year terms. Table-game sales amounted to KRW13.21bn (US$10.065m), down from KRW16.2bn (US$12.45m) in November. Machine-game sales declined 37.5 per cent month-on-month from KRW1.9bn to KRW12.14bn (US$9.25m).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A survey on Jeju Island has found that nearly half of residents believe that the island’s foreigner-only casinos are responsible for an increase in crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A recent survey on Jeju Island indicates nearly half of residents attribute increased local crime to foreigner-only casinos, with a majority advocating for stricter state regulations. This public sentiment emerges alongside robust financial performance from operators like Jeju Dream Tower, which reported a 248.7% year-on-year increase in 2023 casino sales, highlighting a dichotomy between public perception and economic contribution.","focusai_entities":"Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, Shin Hwa World, Lotte Tour Development, Jeju Shinhwa World, Jeju Dream Tower","focusai_location":"Jeju Island, South Korea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact","query":"What specific changes to B2C licensing conditions or operational governance frameworks are likely to be considered by the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province in response to the survey's findings on crime perception?"},{"label":"Operator Strategy","query":"How might operators like Shin Hwa World and Lotte Tour Development adjust their corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives and public relations strategies to mitigate negative public sentiment and address calls for stricter regulation?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[23911,23766],"class_list":["post-777012292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-jeju-island"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012292","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=777012292"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777012305,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777012292\/revisions\/777012305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777012292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777012292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777012292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}