A taxi driver takes part in a protest against a carpool service app that will be launched by Kakao Corp later this year. The banners read, 'Stop carpool service application, it is illegal business'.
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.
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