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New Program Warns Delivery Riders About Hazardous Traffic Zones

SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A newly developed program gives off a verbal warning to motorcycle delivery people when passing through dangerous traffic zones. The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency announced Monday that a new open application programming interface (API) has been developed to prevent motorcycle drivers from getting into traffic accidents. The [...]

Food Delivery Riders Pay 10 pct Commission to Agency

SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Food delivery people who rely on digital platforms such as apps have to pay about 10 percent of their earnings in commissions, according to a recent report. Jang Jin-hee, a researcher at the Federation of Korean Trade Unions, and Sohn Jung-soon, a researcher at the Korean Contingent Worker’s Center, [...]