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S. Korea to Offer Rebates for Food Delivery, Promote Social Distancing

S. Korea to Offer Rebates for Food Delivery, Promote Social Distancing

SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s agriculture ministry said Friday it has set aside 20 billion won (US$17 million) to offer rebates to users of food delivery apps to promote social distancing and support local restaurants. Under the program set to start Wednesday, the government will provide a 10,000 won refund to those [...]

Sales of Food Delivery App Hit Fresh High amid Virus Pandemic

Sales of Food Delivery App Hit Fresh High amid Virus Pandemic

SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean food delivery applications saw their sales hit a fresh high in August as more people refrained from dining out and stayed home amid the stricter social distancing scheme, data showed Tuesday. The combined transactions made through the country’s four major food delivery applications came to 1.2 trillion [...]

Food Delivery App Yogiyo Fined for Exploiting Dominant Position in Market

Food Delivery App Yogiyo Fined for Exploiting Dominant Position in Market

SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s antitrust regulator on Tuesday fined food delivery app Yogiyo 468 million won (US$381,947) for exploiting its dominant position in the local market. The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) also ordered Yogiyo to take some corrective measures, saying that the company unilaterally introduced a scheme to prevent its contracted [...]

No. 1 Food Delivery App Begins Services for Single-person Households

No. 1 Food Delivery App Begins Services for Single-person Households

SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading food delivery app Baedal Minjok, or Baemin for short, said Sunday it began services for single-member households to meet their growing demands. If they order food through Baemin services, consumers now can order food worth less than 10,000 won (US$8.80) for one person, the company said [...]

Woowa Brothers Develops Order Taking App for Restaurant Operators

Woowa Brothers Develops Order Taking App for Restaurant Operators

SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) - Woowa Brothers, the service provider of Korea’s No. 1 mobile food delivery application, “Baedal Minjok (meaning ‘the People of Delivery’),” released another smartphone app for restaurant operators to take and process the delivery orders made from the “Baedal Minjok” app. The “Baedal Minjok Order-taking App” released on June 2 can be [...]