SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government and Korea Smart Card Co. have joined hands to help solve a problem that 79 percent of 3,109 taxi drivers have experienced at least once: access to a bathroom. A survey of taxi drivers conducted by the city in April revealed that a significantly large number [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Smart Card, the company behind Korea’s T-Money service, launched its own taxi reservation app on April 21, amidst an increase in popularity of similar applications. The company’s ‘T-Money Taxi’ app enables users to easily locate empty taxis around them in real time. Upon reservation, users are provided with [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading free messenger service operator Daum Kakao Corp. on Tuesday showcased a taxi application for drivers in its first step to start a full-fledged taxi service, adding the passengers’ version will also be released by the end of the first quarter. The release came a month after [...]
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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 [...]