{"id":777015601,"date":"2024-05-17T08:23:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T11:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777015601"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:10:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:10:03","slug":"china-and-south-korea-to-increase-collaboration-on-anti-crime-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-and-south-korea-to-increase-collaboration-on-anti-crime-initiatives","title":{"rendered":"China and South Korea to increase collaboration on anti-crime initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The agreement will include measures against cross-border gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>China.- Chinese state councillor and minister of public security\u00a0<strong>Wang Xiaohong\u00a0<\/strong>met with\u00a0<strong>Yoon Hee-keun<\/strong>, commissioner general of the Korean National Police Agency, in Beijing today (May 16) to\u00a0discuss cooperation agreements to strengthen security. The issues discussed included improving cooperation in\u00a0<strong>combating cross-border\u00a0gambling<\/strong> and serious\u00a0crimes related to telecommunications and internet fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua, authorities have committed to improving the level of security and law enforcement cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, China established\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-continues-to-expand-gambling-blacklist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a\u00a0blacklist\u00a0of destinations<\/a>\u00a0to which cross-border transfers are restricted. The\u00a0<strong>blacklist<\/strong>\u00a0is compiled by departments including the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Public Security.\u00a0In March 2021, China\u2019s revised Criminal Law made it illegal to assist cross-border gambling. China also signed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-and-thailand-to-strengthen-cooperation-to-combat-online-gambling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cooperation agreements<\/a>\u00a0with various countries in 2022 and 2023 to combat online and cross-border gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/china-32000-arrested-over-cross-border-gambling-in-2023\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">China: 32,000 arrested over cross-border gambling in 2023<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The agreement will include measures against cross-border gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777013862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Chinese and Korean officials, led by Minister Wang Xiaohong and Commissioner General Yoon Hee-keun, met in Beijing to enhance security cooperation, specifically targeting cross-border gambling and telecommunications fraud. This initiative underscores China's sustained efforts to combat illicit online gambling, building on its 2020 blacklist, 2021 revised Criminal Law, and prior international agreements.","focusai_entities":"Wang Xiaohong, Yoon Hee-keun, Korean National Police Agency, Xinhua, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Public Security","focusai_location":"China, Korea, Beijing","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Asian Markets","query":"How will this enhanced bilateral cooperation between China and Korea specifically impact the operational landscape and regulatory risk for licensed iGaming operators and B2B suppliers with existing or planned market penetration in the APAC region?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution","query":"What specific changes or additions to existing regulatory compliance frameworks, particularly concerning AML and cross-border transaction monitoring, are anticipated as a direct consequence of this agreement?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,439],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777015601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legal-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015601","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=777015601"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777015621,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777015601\/revisions\/777015621"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777013862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777015601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777015601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777015601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}