SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A taxi driver set himself on fire in his cab Monday in another apparent suicide attempt in protest at a commercial ride-sharing service. The 62-year-old, identified by the surname Kim, set his seat in the taxi ablaze in front of the National Assembly in western Seoul at about 3:50 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean IT giant Kakao Corp. said Tuesday that it has decided to temporarily suspend the pilot of its app-based carpool service. Kakao Mobility, the transportation arm the country’s dominant mobile messenger operator, Kakao, earlier delayed the official launch of its carpool service, slated for December, following the death [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul taxi driver died after setting himself on fire in front of the National Assembly on Monday, apparently in protest of the planned launch of a ride-sharing service by a local information technology enterprise. The driver, identified only as 57-year-old with the surname Choi, sprinkled flammable materials on [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor is poised to branch out into the car sharing service industry in partnership with carpool service provider Luxi. The automaker signaled its foray into the carpool service market on Tuesday, after making a public announcement of Project Ioniq, a joint future mobility research project with Luxi to develop [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government is expected to hold a discussion next week on controversial carpool services that have been accused of violating the Passenger Transport Service Act. The meeting is expected to gather together experts and officials from the taxi and ICT industries, civic groups, and government officials to [...]