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New Facebook Gambling Game “Hotel Casino” Lets Players Manage Casino for Simulated Risk/Reward
(7/11/2012)
(South Korea) -- The new Facebook gambling game “Hotel Casino” is already getting rave reviews with its introduction just days ago. Accessible via its...
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Casino mogul eyes investment in Korea
(4/10/2012)
(South Korea) -- Las Vegas Sands, the world’s largest casino operator, is looking to invest in Korea as it expands business in booming Asian tourism and resort...
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“No windows, no clocks, no mirrors”
(4/7/2013)
(South Korea) -- We were led into a back room. The workers and punters gazed at our passing through tense hands of blackjack. The invite had come as a surprise and the...
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South Korean casino targets wealthy Chinese
(2/16/2013)
(South Korea) -- Grand Korea Leisure Co. (GKL), the South Korean operator of a casino business for foreign tourists, will beef up its marketing activities to attract...
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Dolphins form ‘life raft’ in attempt to save dying female dolphin
(1/28/2013)
(South Korea) -- In a phenomenon never witnessed before, video footage shows a pod of 12 dolphins acting in unison to form a “life raft” by pushing their...
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Asia's gambling apartheid
(1/27/2013)
(South Korea) -- The casino industry is booming across Asia, offering anyone looking for high-stakes action a wide choice of venues, from high-tech South Korea to the...
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Lippo plans South Korean resort venture with casino giant Caesars
(1/23/2013)
(South Korea) -- Lippo, the Hong Kong-listed investment group, plans to team up with joint venture partners including the American casino giant Caesars Entertainment to...
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Okada eyes casino deal in South Korea
(12/11/2012)
(South Korea) -- Universal Entertainment Corp last week announced that it has signed a non-disclosure agreement with the Shinsegae Group of South Korea.
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Korean resort with the Berjaya touch
(11/17/2012)
(South Korea) -- Land Bhd will begin selling the residential portion of its Jeju Airest City development by the middle of next year. The first phase to be launched will...
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South Korea aims to attract gamblers
(11/13/2012)
(South Korea) -- South Korea's Incheon city says it aims to transform a small fishing island off the country's west coast into a hub of tourism, shopping and...
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S.Korea to build giant casino city
(10/31/2012)
(South Korea) -- South Korea's port city of Incheon has teamed up with a group of investors to build a giant 317 trillion won ($290 billion) leisure and gambling...
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SKorean city to remake village into Macau rival
(10/30/2012)
(South Korea) -- South Korea's Incheon city aims to transform a small fishing island off the country's west coast into a hub of tourism, shopping and gambling to...
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Korean 'Moneymen' Do Well Playing Online Poker to Lose
(10/27/2012)
(South Korea) -- In online gambling there are many ways to lose but in Korea sometimes losing can be a win for certain informed players. It is illegal in Korea to play...
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5 Koreans arrested in Cebu for online betting racket
(8/18/2012)
(South Korea) -- Intelligence agents arrested five Korean nationals inside a subdivision in Barangay Subabasbas, Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu late Thursday afternoon for...
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5 Koreans nabbed for online gambling
(8/18/2012)
(South Korea) -- Five Koreans were arrested for allegedly running an illegal online gambling operation in barangay Subabasbas, Lapu-Lapu City.
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Bada, "Hyorin Looks Like an Indian Tribe Leader's Daughter"
(6/14/2012)
(South Korea) -- Bada called Hyorin an 'Indian tribe leader's daughter", arousing laughter. In MBC 'Radio Star' aired on June 13, Kim Wan Sun, Bada...
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S. Korea casino must partially repay gamblers' losses
(6/11/2012)
(South Korea) -- A South Korean court has ordered a casino to repay about half the losses suffered by two problem gamblers who lost a total 2.47 billion won ($2.1...
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Okada sees more restaurants, in Korea casino talks
(5/15/2012)
(South Korea) -- Kazuo Okada is expanding his Japanese pachinko company by opening a string of his own restaurants and is in negotiations to build a casino resort in...
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Gambling, Smoking and Drinking Monks Scandalize South Korea
(5/13/2012)
(South Korea) -- Ever heard the phrase “drunk as a monk”? We thought not. But perhaps we’ll hear it more in South Korea now, where video footage of eight monks drinking...
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Gambling, Smoking and Drinking Monks Scandalize South Korea
(5/12/2012)
(South Korea) -- Ever heard the phrase ‘drunk as a monk’? We thought not. But perhaps we’ll hear it more in Korea now, where video footage of eight...
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Monks busted playing high-stakes poker
(5/12/2012)
(South Korea) -- The leaders of South Korea's biggest Buddhist order have quit after secret video footage showed them playing high-stakes poker, drinking and smo
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SKorea monks offer to resign amid gambling scandal
(5/11/2012)
(South Korea) -- Senior monks from South Korea's largest Buddhist sect have offered to resign after the release of photos purportedly showing fellow monks gambling...
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