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South Korean casino destination Jeju island entered on Friday at 12am, “Level 2” of the country’s social-distancing rules in a countermeasure to Covid-19, as outlined by the local government on Thursday. It will apply until January 3, 2021.
Jeju media outlets reported that Level 2 required all Jeju’s casinos – venues for foreigner-only customers – to suspend operation.
But according to GGRAsia’s phone enquiries on Friday, four of eight Jeju casinos said they would continue to run their operations as of Friday.
They were: Gongzi Jeju, which said it would be open daily from 2pm to 5.30am on following mornings; Paradise Casino Jeju Grand, run by Korea Exchange-listed Paradise Co Ltd, which is operating from 2pm until 6am; Landing Casino (pictured) at Jeju Shinhwa World, a property of Hong Kong-listed Landing International Development Ltd, and which says it is running 24 hours per day; plus Casino Lotte Tour at Lotte Hotel Jeju, operating from 2pm until 10pm each day.