SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A growing number of Koreans insist that strong measures should be taken to improve taxi driver safety, following a spate of serious taxi crimes. Last month, a taxi driver was assaulted by a passenger in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province. When the driver tried to give change to the customer [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Uber eventually starts to run a taxi service called UberTaxi from October 23 in Seoul. Uber has been right in the center of controversies in many countries for its allegedly unlawful activities. Taxi drivers who registered themselves on Uber can carry passengers for a fee. The drivers and the passengers [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean government will ban the car-sharing service of Uber on the grounds of passenger safety. To this, Uber countered that it is providing a legitimate service. It remains to be seen how the controversy would unfold. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transportation on August 29 sent an official [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) - From August 8, both the driver’s and the front-seat passenger’s air bags must be deployed in all newly registered taxis. If they are not, taxi drivers will be suspended of their business for up to 90 days. On August 7, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that taxis [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – As there still exist illegally operating call vans exploiting foreign tourists, the Seoul Metropolitan City Government lifted a whip, warning them it would revoke their business licenses. A call van is a six-seater cargo taxi on which any passenger with baggage weighing more than 20 kg can take and [...]