SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Naver announced Wednesday that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Uber Taxi, allowing its Naver Plus membership users to access Uber’s premium subscription service, Uber One, at no extra charge. Uber One, which Uber recently launched in Korea, offers benefits such as priority driver dispatch, cashback credits [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Uber announced Tuesday that it will introduce its subscription-based membership program in South Korea next month, escalating competition in the country’s mobility market as rivals race to lock in loyal customers. At a press briefing in Seoul, Uber Taxi Korea head Song Jin-woo said the service, called Uber One, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Uber has introduced its corporate mobility service, Uber for Business (U4B), in South Korea, aiming to enhance business travel efficiency with seamless expense management and ride-hailing solutions. At the ‘Uber Taxi Connect Day’ event in Seoul on February 20, Uber outlined its business strategy for the year, including the launch [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The chief executive of the global mobility platform Uber said Friday the company sees South Korea as a vitally important market, stating his commitment to growing the company’s taxi business here. “Korea is a large taxi market, and one with strong market opportunity and growing e-hail penetration,” Uber CEO [...]
SEOUL, Dec.16 (Korea Bizwire) – Uber Technology has announced that it signed an agreement with KEB Hana Bank and Hana Capital to provide financial services to Uber Taxi and Uber Black. With the signing of the agreement, taxi drivers who use the Uber platform will be provided with various financial services by the two organizations. [...]
“Uber doesn’t want to do business under an uncertain legal environment. Related to this issue, we sent an official letter to the mayor of Seoul city to clarify the laws and revise if necessary.” “We want to work with taxi operators and I want the city government to help us open up conversations with taxi [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan city government will grant up to 1 million won (US$907) to those reporting cases of unlicensed drivers carrying paying customers. This is specifically designed to discourage Uber from doing business in Seoul. The Seoul city government said this on December 19, adding that it would implement the city [...]
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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, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — It is by now a well-known fact that Uber has stepped on so many city officials’ toes by launching taxi services in major cities across the world. In Korea as well, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport and the Seoul city government tried to stop the service by declaring it [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – In spite of the sharp warning from the Seoul Metropolitan Government, Uber Korea began its Uber X commercial service from December 1. As the Seoul city government made clear that it would severely crack down on the illegal service, further conflict between the two is inevitable. Uber Korea announced on [...]