Участник:S. Korea's Kangwon Land Co., Ltd.'s three-year license extension

According to reports, the South Korean government has granted Kangwon Land Co., Ltd. a three-year license extension, allowing the company to continue operating the nation's famous Kangwon Land casino until the end of 2023.

South Korea's Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's decision will take effect Friday morning, and the Seoul-listed company will continue to be responsible for the country's only casino where locals can gamble with foreign tourists, according to a report by GGRASIA. The source detailed that the new license also maintains the venue's current operating hours, as well as a list of 180 that can offer 169 slots and about 119 other electronic games.

Kangwon Land Casino, located about 93 miles from Seoul in rural Gangwon Province, has been closed since Dec. 8 due to the coronavirus pandemic and is now not expected to resume casino operations until January. The 674-room facility was forced to close weeks from due to a similar 52-day chaos that was only lifted .

Kangwon Land, Inc. reportedly announced in an official report that Kangwon Land Casino's most recent coronavirus-related shutdown would cost up to $920,000 a day, following the third quarter, when revenue related to it fell more than 131% year-on-year to a loss of about $37.56 million.

South Korea is one of the first countries to be affected by the coronavirus pandemic and has so far recorded 59,773 infections for 859 deaths. As the deadly disease continues, the government has introduced stricter public health and social distancing measures, including closing four foreign-only casinos in and around Seoul and the Grand Leisure Company's Seven Luck Casino brand venue in Busan . 카지노사이트먹튀