20th Century Fox is to open a casino in South Korea.

The South Gyeongsang provincial government has signed an agreement with Fox Consumer Products, the marketing and licensing arm of 20th Century Fox, and Village Roadshow Theme Parks of Australia, to jointly develop the US$3.5bn Jinhae Global Theme Park, which will include a a six-star hotel, a casino, a water park, a movie theatre, premium outlet and an 18-hole golf course.

The partners plan to open the park by the second half of 2018 on a site in Changwon, near Busan in the south-east.