Asia News - Page 83

International News Brief: The Philippine National Police (PNP) here has claimed that it has succeeded in the campaign against any form of illegal gambling in the city’s 40 barangays.

International News Brief: The Korea National Tourism Organization has decided to cancel its provisional contract with Hanmoo Convention Co., an operator of the places which the KNTO will lease to run foreigners-only casinos.

International News Brief: Raids on Indonesian gambling dens have started in the capital, but the public at large complained Wednesday that police were only targeting small-time gamblers.

International News Brief: The Macao police have busted an underground casino operated at a downtown hotel, local media reported on Thursday.

International News Brief: An undisclosed amount of gambling debt owed by the former Sabah (Malaysia) Chief Minister to a casino in Melbourne has been settled.

International News Brief: Datuk Seri Osu Sukam has resigned as the Papar Umno division chief, after his gambling debts of RM7.1 million became a millstone for him.

International News Brief: HanGame, Netmarble, Pmang, and Mgame, local Internet sites providing online gambling games, recorded a 234.3 billion won revenue last year, from a mere 82.4 billion won in 2002.

International News Brief: Seven of the 14 suspects detained for involvement in a major gambling case in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, will be tried in court.

International News Brief: Newly installed National Police Chief Gen. Sutanto has given a one-week deadline for regional police chiefs to eradicate gambling activities in their respective areas during a meeting held on his first day at work on Monday at the National Police headquarters.

International News Brief: After relinquishing the Chief Minister’s post in 2001, Datuk Seri Osu Sukam has now found himself in the limelight with reports of his RM7.14 million gambling debts.

International News Brief: He may have been spared from having to repay a RM7.1 million gambling debt but Datuk Seri Osu Sukam could not escape the wrath of the Malaysian Prime Minister.

International News Brief: Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Thursday named a new head of task force against illegal gambling.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is visiting the United States today through July 16, Lee's office said.

International News Brief: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will meet Las Vegas casino operators as well as Washington leaders in a 10-day visit to the US that kicked off on Wednesday.

International News Brief: A Malaysian court in Kuala Lumpur has quashed a London casino’s bid to recover a gambling debt of more than €1.47 million racked up by a senior politician in the country’s ruling party.

International News Brief: Because the online gaming industry is maturing in Europe and North America, many experts fixate on China as the site of the next big gold rush.

International News Brief: Business used to be booming for a casino in the Monglar town of Myanmar, thanks to flocking Chinese tourists. However, that is now history as local government in Myamar is collaborating with China in its fight against gambling.

International News Brief: Fifteen people were caned for gambling offences outside a mosque in the town of Bireuen.

International News Brief: Taiwan may reconsider an offshore casino plan as a way to boost the local economy and attract tourists to the Penghu islands, according to the vice president.

Where will be the next casino hotspot in Asia after Macau and Singapore? An expert from Osaka University of Commerce says he'd bet on Japan.