South Korean taxi drivers strike against ride share app

Up in arms: Taxi drivers shouting slogans during a rally against a commercial carpool service near the National Assembly in Seoul. — AP

SEOUL: Tens of thousands of South Korean taxi drivers walked off the job and held a rally to protest against a carpooling service that they say would destroy their jobs and threaten their livelihoods.

The demonstration came days after the suicide of a taxi driver who set himself on a fire to protest against plans to introduce car-pooling service Kakao Mobility, a unit of mobile messenger operator Kakao Corp.