For South Korea’s struggling taxi drivers, ride-hailing app a matter of life and death

A policeman investigating the taxi belonging to Choi who set himself on fire in protest of an upcoming ride-hailing app.

The South Korean taxi driver who died after lighting himself on fire in front of the National Assembly in Seoul left a note addressed to a senior politician and prominent journalist.

The 57-year-old surnamed Choi, who self-immolated in protest of an Uber-like ride-hailing app, addressed the two-page note to Lee Hae-chan, leader of the ruling Democratic Party, and Sohn Suk-hee, a news anchor with broadcaster JTBC.