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 [...]
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SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – “Uber,” a smartphone app-based private taxi service currently mired in a controversy after the Seoul city government banned the service for passenger safety concerns, will strengthen its presence in Korea. Allen Penn, the head of Hong Kong-based Asia operations for Uber, held a press conference on August 6 and underscored the [...]
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, 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 [...]