SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — More people failed to get a taxi using taxi-hailing apps in Seoul last year due to the dwindling number of cab drivers and the common practice of ‘picking customers’. The Seoul Institute conducted a survey of 4,000 taxi passengers, in which those who had failed to catch a cab [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — As the difficulty in hailing a cab at night remains persistent, the Seoul Metropolitan Government and taxi companies are renewing efforts to recruit taxi drivers. The city government and the city’s 125 taxi companies plan to host a job fair for taxi drivers on Wednesday, the first of its [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday that it will introduce a new system to make it easier for taxi drivers to report to the police in emergency situations. The city government plans to install a separate button on the standard taxi card readers found in cabs citywide. Once the [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting next year, individuals with a criminal record for taking illegal photos will not be able to work as taxi drivers. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said during Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting that a bill was passed to amend the Passenger Transport Service Act. The new bill came in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Taxi drivers across the country are being tasked with helping to track down criminal suspects and missing people. Kakao Mobility, the operator of South Korea’s largest taxi-hailing app Kakao T, is scheduled to sign a memorandum of understanding with the National Police Agency (NPA) early next year to cooperate [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom Co. said Wednesday it updated its services for hearing-impaired taxi drivers with new safety technology. The telecom operator partnered with local social venture Coactus Ltd. in 2018 to launch a taxi-hailing app for hearing-impaired drivers. SK Telecom said Coactus will directly employ the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul government said Monday it will increase the supply of taxi services in anticipation of a spike in transportation demand around the end of the year and strengthen a crackdown on taxi drivers refusing passengers. The municipal government said it will increase the number of privately owned taxis [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Seniors are increasing in proportion among taxi drivers in Seoul. According to Seoul city councilman Chung Ji-kwon, taxi drivers in their 80s soared from 92 people in 2014 to 260 this year. Drivers in their 70s increased from 7,054 to 12,252 people during the same period. To ensure the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Taxi drivers are being trained to become ‘lifeguards’ to prevent people from committing suicide. The Life Insurance Social Contribution Committee announced on Thursday that it plans to work with the Citizens’ Coalition for Safety (CCS) and the Korea Best Driver Association to train taxi drivers to prevent others from [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Of the nation’s private taxi drivers, those aged 65 or older accounted for 36.8 percent of the total. According to a report submitted to the National Assembly by the Korea Transportation Safety Authority, a total of 162,199 private taxi drivers were registered in the transportation workers management system as [...]