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Kakao Keeps Expanding into Brick-and-mortar Businesses

SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – While Kakao is scheduled to offer an online credit card payment service next month, it is considering an “Uber-like” call taxi service as well. From September, Kakao, the operator of Korea’s largest mobile messenger service, will begin providing credit card online payment service in partnership with nine card companies including [...]

Seoul City to Ban “Uber Taxi” Operation for Passenger Safety Concerns

SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan government is considering a ban on smartphone app-based private driver service “Uber” for fear of passenger safety and leakage of financial information of the users of the app. On July 21, the city government responded sternly against the illegal call taxi operating app Uber and urged its [...]