Work has started on a revamp of the VIP gaming floor at Kangwon Land, the only South Korean resort with a casino allowed to serve locals (pictured).
In the meantime, VIP play will be hosted for the next 12 months at a temporary area, pending relaunch in April 2027 of the permanent VIP area.
That is according to information from the resort’s operator, Kangwon Land Inc.
The temporary venue has the same product offer as the old VIP area: 20 live-dealer tables, according to the company.
They consist of 16 baccarat tables, with minimum and maximum bets ranging from KRW100,000 (US$69.50) to KRW3 million; and four blackjack tables, with betting limits ranging from KRW50,000 to KRW2 million.
Kangwon Land Inc received government approval in May 2025 to raise betting limits on two particular baccarat tables on the property’s existing VIP floor. The new bet limits were yet to be implemented at the time of the migration to the temporary facility, according to information given to GGRAsia by the operator.
The firm has been implementing its “K-HIT 1.0 Project”, a multi-year scheme with a completion date of 2035 and a budget of KRW3.00 trillion, to renovate the Kangwon Land resort.
The complex is in a remote upland area of Gangwon Province, approximately 150 kilometres (93.2 miles) east of the South Korean capital, Seoul.
The resort’s operator reported a 6.0-percent year-on-year increase in its fourth-quarter 2025 sales, to KRW365.45 billion, and a 3.5 percent rise, to KRW1.48 trillion, in its full-year sales.