SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government on Thursday said it has introduced a taxi voucher system in Hong Kong to help foreign visitors avoid being ripped off when taking taxis from Incheon International Airport to downtown Seoul. To use the system, foreigners visiting the country purchase taxi vouchers in advance at [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Taking a taxi in an unfamiliar city can be an uncomfortable experience that sometimes leaves one wondering if the driver is cheating on the cab fare. This was proven true with a recent investigation revealing that certain Seoul taxi drivers are cheating tourists by charging ludicrous rates. Such illicit [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Travis Kalanick, the CEO of Uber, abruptly notified South Korean courts Wednesday, June 29, that he would not be present for court proceedings scheduled to take place on the same day. The Uber co-founder was indicted in December 2014 on charges of violating the Passenger Transport Service Act. Uber entered [...]
JEONJU, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – A taxi driver and a high school student passenger got into a feud when the driver discovered that the student didn’t have enough cash on hand to pay the full fare, as he was short 1,000 won ($0.86). The driver refused to let the student leave the cab, and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The Cabinet approved a law revision Tuesday to toughen the punishment for taxi drivers who rip off passengers. Under the revision, a taxi driver who is caught three times for overcharging a customer will face the maximum punishment of having his business license nullified. Previously, a taxi driver who [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) -Taxies and call-vans that rip off foreign tourists or issue fake receipts are increasingly being caught. After police cracked down on the illegal acts of taxies and call-vans, 139 cases were reported and 19 drivers were arrested and face criminal charges. The others will face administrative penalties from local governments. [...]
Seoul, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan Government, Seoul Metropolitan Facilities Management Corporation and KAIST announced that they have succeeded in developing an automatic system to manage taxi dispatches for disabled people using big data. The team looked at 320,000,000 call taxi requests for the disabled accumulated over the past five years. After analyzing [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Taxi companies in Seoul are hoping to change the notorious image of Seoul taxi drivers, as customers will be able to report cabbies’ rude behavior and illegal activities and receive refunds of up to 50,000 won (US$ 44). The Seoul Taxi Corporate Association said on June 1 that 28 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Uber Korea, a mobile app operator linking drivers and passengers, decided to make its ride-sharing service Uber X free of charge in Seoul in an attempt to counter the city government’s ban on its operations, and to protect its Uber drivers. On February 25, Uber said, “The decision was [...]