{"id":777018069,"date":"2024-08-12T09:08:27","date_gmt":"2024-08-12T12:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777018069"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:16:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:16:33","slug":"hana-financial-launches-campaign-against-teen-gambling-in-south-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hana-financial-launches-campaign-against-teen-gambling-in-south-korea","title":{"rendered":"Hana Financial launches campaign against teen gambling in South Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The financial company has launched a three-year campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>South Korea.- <strong>Hana Financial Group<\/strong> has launched a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of illegal gambling among teenagers. The campaign, with an estimated budget of KRW10bn (US$7.32m), is to <strong>run over three years <\/strong>and will feature educational lectures, therapy sessions and the production of instructional videos. There will be media coverage through newspaper and television ads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hana Financial Group has partnered with the Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), the National Gambling Control Commission, the National Police Agency and the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education. Professional online gamer<strong> Lee Sang-hyeok <\/strong>has been appointed as the campaign\u2019s ambassador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ham Young-joo<\/strong>,&nbsp;Hana Financial Group chairman, said: &#8220;I hope that the entire Korean society serves as a lamplight that guides teenagers from the darkness of illegal gambling.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The financial company has launched a three-year campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17593,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Hana Financial Group, in collaboration with key regulatory bodies, has launched a three-year, KRW10bn campaign in South Korea to combat illegal gambling among teenagers. This multi-faceted initiative, featuring educational programs and media outreach, aims to raise awareness and provide support, signaling a concerted effort by financial and regulatory authorities to address societal harms associated with illicit gaming verticals.","focusai_entities":"Hana Financial Group, Financial Supervisory Service (FSS), National Gambling Control Commission, National Police Agency, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, Lee Sang-hyeok, Ham Young-joo","focusai_location":"South Korea, Seoul","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.7), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Campaign Effectiveness Metrics?","query":"What specific metrics will be utilized to evaluate the effectiveness of this three-year campaign in reducing illegal gambling participation and associated harms among teenagers?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Impact?","query":"How might this multi-agency collaboration and public awareness campaign influence future regulatory frameworks for both legal and illegal gambling activities in South Korea, particularly concerning B2C licensing and governance?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,23876],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777018069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-social-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018069","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=777018069"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777018072,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777018069\/revisions\/777018072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777018069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777018069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777018069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}