{"id":777046414,"date":"2026-08-20T07:07:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777046414"},"modified":"2026-08-20T07:14:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T10:14:02","slug":"grand-korea-leisure-hires-58-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/grand-korea-leisure-hires-58-staff","title":{"rendered":"Grand Korea Leisure hires 58 staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The operator has hired 40 casino dealers and marketing staff focused on Japan, China and Thailand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

South Korea.- Grand Korea Leisure (GKL), the South Korean foreigner-only casino operator, has recruited 58 new employees<\/strong> for casino operations and marketing efforts in key Asian markets. The new hires include 40 casino dealers, alongside marketing personnel responsible for Japan, China and Thailand<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company had initially opened 66 positions and received 1,485 applications, representing an average competition rate of 22.5 applicants per position. The recruitment also covered roles in legal affairs, administration, information technology, information security and facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The successful candidates will undergo nine weeks of training<\/strong> from August 24 to October 23 before joining their respective departments. The programme will include casino dealing, customer service and occupational safety training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GKL operates three foreigner-only casinos<\/strong> under the Seven Luck brand: two in the capital, Seoul (including one in Gangnam) and the other in the southeastern port city of Busan. It operates as a subsidiary of the Korea Tourism Organization, which is affiliated with the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism. Recently, the company announced a plan<\/a> to generate casino revenue of KRW503.8bn (US$333.8m) by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> RGB International adds veteran gaming industry executive to board<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The operator has hired 40 casino dealers and marketing staff focused on Japan, China and Thailand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777023822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Grand Korea Leisure (GKL), a South Korean foreigner-only casino operator, has recruited 58 new employees, including 40 casino dealers and marketing personnel targeting Japan, China, and Thailand. This strategic hiring initiative supports GKL's operational scaling across its Seven Luck brand properties and aligns with its ambitious KRW503.8bn revenue target by 2030. The recruitment also covered critical roles in legal, IT, and administration, underscoring a comprehensive approach to growth.","focusai_entities":"Grand Korea Leisure (GKL), Korea Tourism Organization, Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism","focusai_location":"South Korea, Japan, China, Thailand, Seoul, Busan, Gangnam","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.75), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.95), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.85), investor_analyst (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GKL's 2030 Revenue Strategy","query":"How does GKL's current recruitment drive, particularly in marketing and casino operations, directly support its stated KRW503.8bn revenue target for 2030, and what specific market share growth is anticipated from Japan, China, and Thailand?"},{"label":"Regulatory Impact on Staffing","query":"Given GKL's status as a foreigner-only casino operator and subsidiary of the Korea Tourism Organization, what specific regulatory compliance training or governance frameworks are integrated into the nine-week employee program, especially for legal and information security roles?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[29,17025],"class_list":["post-777046414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-casino","tag-grand-korea-leisure"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046414","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777046414"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777046421,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777046414\/revisions\/777046421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777023822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777046414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777046414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777046414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}