SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting next week, anyone with a low smartphone battery will be able to charge their phone in a taxi, if they get lucky. All they have to do is to watch a short advertisement. The Seoul Taxi Association (STA) announced on Thursday, June 30 that it will launch a pilot [...]
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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 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Taxi Association accused an Uber taxi driver to prevent Uber taxis from running on the Seoul streets. The association announced on November 12 that it charged the Uber chauffeur on the 5th with illegally operating a rental car. The driver ran a rental Mercedes to deliver passengers [...]