{"id":777023878,"date":"2025-03-10T09:45:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T12:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777023878"},"modified":"2026-04-22T01:00:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:00:50","slug":"kangwon-land-recommends-final-dividend-for-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/kangwon-land-recommends-final-dividend-for-2024","title":{"rendered":"Kangwon Land recommends final dividend for 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The payment will represent a dividend ratio of 7.3 per cent based on current market price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>South Korea.-\u00a0<strong>Kangwon Land<\/strong> has recommended a final dividend of KRW1,170 (US$0.81) per share for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024. The payment will represent a dividend ratio of 7.3 per cent based on the current market price of the company\u2019s stock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the company\u2019s filing with the Korea Exchange, the dividend payment totals KRW234.47bn (US$162m). The payout is contingent upon approval at the shareholder meeting scheduled for March 26. The potential payment date has been set for April 4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For full-year 2024, the operator posted net income of&nbsp;KRW455.38bn (US$317.0m), a rise of 33.6 per cent when <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/kangwon-land-posts-net-income-of-us260m-for-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">compared to the previous year<\/a>. Sales revenues increased by 2.8&nbsp;per cent year-on-year, reaching KRW1.43tn. Operating income was flat at KRW283.28bn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In December,&nbsp;<strong>Kangwon Land&nbsp;<\/strong>allocated KRW179.6bn (US$128m) to develop&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/south-koreas-kangwon-land-to-expand-with-second-casino\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a second casino<\/a> as part of its wider development plan worth KRW2.5tn (US$1.78bn). This initiative aims to address the issue of overcrowding in the existing casino. The new casino space will be housed within the B1, B2 and ground floors of the High1 Grand Hotel Main Tower. The construction phase began last December, with completion targeted for December 2027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The expansion will increase the casino area from 14,512 square meters to 20,260 square meters<strong>. The number of gaming tables<\/strong>&nbsp;will rise from 200 to 250, while&nbsp;<strong>slot machines and other gaming units<\/strong>&nbsp;will increase from 1,360 to 1,610.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kangwon Land launches \u201cHealthy Game Experience Zone\u201d<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Kangwon Land has opened a newly renovated<strong>\u00a0\u201cHealthy Game Experience Zone\u201d<\/strong>. The space adjacent to the casino entrance aims to teach visitors about responsible gaming on real game tables and slot machines. There\u2019s also a self-diagnosis kiosk for gambling problems, which allows users to check their gambling behaviour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To encourage use, Kangwon Land is offering a small gift to visitors who complete beginner prevention education at&nbsp;<strong>the Kangwon Land Mind Filling Center (KLACC)&nbsp;<\/strong>when they visit the zone. Players found to be at medium risk or higher will be connected with&nbsp;<strong>professional counsellors<\/strong>&nbsp;for support. The casino operator also plans to work closely with government agencies to refer people showing serious signs of risk to the Korea Gambling Problem Prevention and Treatment Center.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/Kangwon-Land-Healthy-Zone-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"Kangwon Land's Healthy Game Experience Zone on-site photo.\" class=\"wp-image-777022826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/Kangwon-Land-Healthy-Zone-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/Kangwon-Land-Healthy-Zone-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/Kangwon-Land-Healthy-Zone-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/02\/Kangwon-Land-Healthy-Zone.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kangwon Land\u2019s Healthy Game Experience Zone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The payment will represent a dividend ratio of 7.3 per cent based on current market price.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":777014930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Kangwon Land has recommended a final dividend of KRW1,170 per share for FY2024, totaling KRW234.47bn, following a 33.6% increase in net income. Concurrently, the operator is progressing a significant casino expansion project, targeting completion by December 2027, and has launched a \"Healthy Game Experience Zone\" to enhance responsible gaming initiatives.","focusai_entities":"Kangwon Land, Korea Exchange, High1 Grand Hotel Main Tower, Kangwon Land Mind Filling Center (KLACC), Korea Gambling Problem Prevention and Treatment Center","focusai_location":"South Korea","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Dividend Sustainability","query":"What is the projected impact of the KRW2.5tn development plan on Kangwon Land's future dividend policy and free cash flow generation post-2027?"},{"label":"Expansion ROI","query":"How does Kangwon Land anticipate the expanded gaming capacity will translate into incremental GGR and NGR, and what is the expected return on investment for the KRW2.5tn capital expenditure?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163],"tags":[16471],"class_list":["post-777023878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news","tag-kangwon-land"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777023878","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=777023878"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777023878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777023906,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777023878\/revisions\/777023906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777014930"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777023878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777023878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777023878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}