SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Kakao Corp., the operator of South Korea’s most widely used messenger app KakaoTalk, launched a premium taxi service earlier this month, but it had to start with only foreign brands as talks with the country’s largest homegrown automaker fell apart due to differences over contract terms. On Nov. 3, [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – As speculation about Daum Kakao launching a chauffeur service is building, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport made it clear that they viewed the situation from a neutral perspective. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport explained that chauffeur services are classified as a free business type. “There is [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Taxi, a taxi reservation app which was released on March 31, is reigning over the Korean call-taxi market. According to IT industry representatives on June 14, more than 80,000 taxi drivers have downloaded the driver’s edition app, while 1,500,000 people have downloaded the app for customers. The accumulated [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul city is set to introduce a service quality certification system and an app reservation system for Seoul taxis. According to the city government’s plan announced on February 12, the city government will assess service quality for 255 taxi companies operating in Seoul, and classify the companies into three grades: AAA, [...]
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SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – As Daum Kakao, Korea’s largest mobile messenger service provider, is set to launch a mobile call taxi service “Kakao Taxi” by the first quarter of next year amid the ongoing controversy over Uber, the taxi app industry is likely to undergo a sea change. Comparing to Uber which was [...]