SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A taxi driver burned himself to death Wednesday in an apparent protest of the introduction of carpooling services by the country’s taxi-hailing app operators. The 76-year-old man, identified only by his surname, Ahn, set fire on himself at around 3:19 a.m. near Seoul Plaza in central Seoul, according to [...]
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) — The taxi industry, which is opposing the introduction of ride-sharing ventures, is trying to innovate by introducing new services such as a taxi paging application and premium taxis. This month, the ‘T-One’ taxi app will launch, which will compete against similar apps from Kakao Corp. and SK Telecom Co. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A cabbie presumed to have set himself and his taxi on fire in another apparent suicide protest over a planned commercial ride-sharing service, died in hospital early Thursday, police said. A sedan taxi near Gwanghwamun Station in central Seoul caught fire on Wednesday night. The driver, only identified by [...]
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, Jul. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. has landed a partnership with a Sydney-based car sharing start-up to develop a smartphone application that allows for a person-to-person ride sharing service, the company said Wednesday. Under the partnership with Car Next Door, Hyundai Motor aims to launch an app-based “new mobility service” in Australia [...]