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Parcel Delivery Packaging Tape Features Stories of Gambling Addiction Recovery

Parcel Delivery Packaging Tape Features Stories of Gambling Addiction Recovery

SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Packaging tape used for parcel delivery services have been printed with the stories of individuals who overcame addiction to gambling. The state-run Korea Center on Gambling Problems said Wednesday it had distributed 5,000 units of packaging tape printed with stories of gambling addiction recovery to 15 post offices across [...]

S.E.S’s Shoo Grilled for Not Paying Money Borrowed for Suspected Gambling

S.E.S’s Shoo Grilled for Not Paying Money Borrowed for Suspected Gambling

SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Prosecutors said Friday they are investigating Shoo, a former member of popular ’90s girl group S.E.S, on charges of borrowing hundreds of millions of won for gambling funds and not paying the money. The 37-year-old member is suspected of having borrowed 350 million won (US$310,476) and 250 million won [...]

Relationship Between Illegal Gambling and Gambling Homemakers a Lasting One

Relationship Between Illegal Gambling and Gambling Homemakers a Lasting One

SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The recent bust of a gambling ring by South Korean law enforcement agencies has once again turned the national spotlight on the enduring connection between illegal gambling and homemakers. With annual numbers of around 4,000 (number of people discovered by police onsite) involved in illegal gambling in the previous [...]

Government Earned 62.5 Trillion Won through Gambling Industry

Government Earned 62.5 Trillion Won through Gambling Industry

SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The government earned 62.5 trillion won (US$54.56 billion) from the gambling industry over the past 15 years, about half of it through taxes, data showed Wednesday.  The Korea Taxpayers Association analyzed records from the National Gambling Control Commission and found that the government collected approximately 31.55 trillion won in [...]