SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Korean consumers are against the idea of implementing a tipping feature for taxi-hailing services, a survey showed Sunday. According to a survey conducted by Opensurvey with a panel of 1,000 individuals aged from their 20s to 50s, the proportion of respondents who were inclined to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Mobility Corp., the nation’s leading taxi-hailing service, was fined Wednesday for inappropriately requiring users to agree to provide personal information to a third-party company. The Personal Information Protection Commission said it decided to impose a fine of 6 million won (US$4,760) on the company for violating the personal [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Late-night taxi hailing fee is going to become more expensive starting this week. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport reported that night hailing fees will rise in accordance with government plans to alleviate nighttime taxi shortages announced earlier this month. Starting in early November, additional fees of up [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hailing a taxi becomes much more difficult around midnight and on Fridays, a consumer advocacy group said Thursday. The Korea Consumer Agency conducted an online survey of 1,000 consumers using a taxi-hailing platform, in which consumers experienced the most difficulty hailing a cab during certain hours (52.7 percent) and [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Mobility Corp., South Korea’s leading taxi-hailing firm, said Wednesday it will begin testing the pet-exclusive cab service KakaoT Pet on its Kakao T application. Kakao T Pet is a pet taxi service designed in accordance with the Animal Protection Act. The service is available in all locations in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Kakao Mobility Corp.’s taxi-hailing service is selective in choosing passengers depending on their destinations, the Seoul metropolitan government said Wednesday. The city government carried out a fact-finding ‘mystery shopper’ test during the period from October to November last year after complaints poured in from citizens having difficulty calling taxis, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A new cab-hailing service will allow pets to ride with their owners. Kakao Mobility Corp., the country’s leading taxi-hailing firm, began accepting driver applications for KakaoT Pet, a new service for pets and their owners launching in March. Each cab will provide safety fences, pet-exclusive car seats and other [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of taxi drivers who are affiliated with Kakao Mobility Corp., the country’s top taxi-hailing company, are facing sanctions from from the firm after asking passengers not to the service. According to industry sources, Kakao Mobility issued warnings to a total of 33 affiliated taxi drivers who were [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s corporate watchdog said Wednesday it has approved a move by SK Telecom Co.’s mobility spinoff to launch a taxi-hailing joint venture with Uber Technologies Inc. T Map Mobility, wholly owned by SK Telecom, the country’s biggest mobile carrier, plans to set up a taxi-hailing joint venture with [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s taxi industry has challenged the taxi-hailing service market dominated by mobility companies. Launched Thursday, the Onda Taxi app is attracting attention in that it is the first call service introduced by the city’s two largest taxi unions against Kakao Taxi and Tada. The Onda taxi service will be [...]