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GKL to Join Gangnam Family Festival With Recycling Workshop

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

Translated from Korean and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Grand Korea Leisure, which operates the Seven Luck foreigner-only casinos, will participate in the Gangnam Family Harmony Festival on the fifth.
  • The district event combines programs on gender equality, children’s writing and drawing, family sharing, and multicultural activities.
  • GKL will run a coffee-ground soap workshop to introduce recycling and environmental protection, while residents can also join a market and experience traditions from 15 countries.

Grand Korea Leisure will bring a recycling activity to Seoul’s 2026 Gangnam Family Harmony Festival, a community event combining family programs, cultural exchange and environmental education.

The festival, hosted by Gangnam District on the fifth, brings together events that had previously been held separately. They include Gender Equality Week activities, children’s writing and drawing contests, a family sharing market and a multicultural playground.

Forty family teams will take part in the sharing market, selling or exchanging items they no longer use. At the multicultural playground, visitors will be able to experience traditional cultures from 15 countries, including Italy, Belarus, Bolivia and Russia.

We are pleased to contribute to the revitalization of local culture and tourism and to environmental protection through our participation in this festival.

· Yoon Doo-hyunThe GKL president described the company’s purpose in joining the Gangnam event.

GKL, a quasi-market public corporation that operates the Seven Luck foreigner-only casinos, will run a workshop making soap from coffee grounds left after brewing. The company said the activity will allow participants to experience the meaning of resource circulation and the importance of protecting the environment.

GKL President Yoon Doo-hyun said, “We are pleased to contribute to the revitalization of local culture and tourism and to environmental protection through our participation in this festival.” He added, “We will continue working alongside the local community and faithfully fulfill the role of a public corporation.” UNICEF, Kangwon Land, SH Corporation, Suseo Police Station and several other local institutions and businesses will also participate.

We will continue working alongside the local community and faithfully fulfill the role of a public corporation.

· Yoon Doo-hyunHe outlined GKL’s stated commitment to community partnerships.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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