Five Days After Yoon's Criticism... Kakao Mobility Holds First Meeting with Taxi Industry on the 13th

Kakao Mobility will hold its first meeting with the taxi industry on the 13th to discuss service reform plans, including the commission system.

On the 6th, Kakao Mobility announced that it had decided to hold a meeting in the afternoon of the 13th after consultations with several taxi organizations.

The four taxi organizations consisting of operators and labor unions?National Taxi Labor Union Federation, National Democratic Taxi Labor Union, National Private Taxi Transport Business Association Federation, and National Taxi Transport Business Association Federation?as well as some nationwide franchise taxi organizations will participate in the meeting. Attendance and scheduling with the Franchise Association are still being coordinated. Kakao Mobility’s attendees have not yet been decided.

Kakao Mobility finalized the meeting schedule just five days after President Yoon Seok-yeol strongly criticized "monopoly tyranny." On the 1st, at the Emergency Economic and Livelihood Meeting, President Yoon said, "So-called predatory pricing, where prices are set extremely low or almost free to eliminate competitors and completely dominate the market, then raising prices to exploit the monopoly," calling such tyranny highly unethical. Facing intense government scrutiny over accounting fraud, discrimination against non-affiliated taxis, and startup technology theft, Kakao Mobility urgently began preparing countermeasures following the president’s remarks.

At the second community management meeting chaired by Kim Beom-su, Kakao’s founder and head of the Future Initiative Center, discussions were held on reform plans for Kakao Mobility. Until now, major issues of affiliates were decided independently by each company, but Kim personally took charge of current issues. This indicates that among the many challenges within the group, this is recognized as a priority.

The first meeting will be held privately. Since broad discussions on the commission system and service reform plans will take place, the first meeting is expected to be an opportunity to hear various opinions from the industry. Various demands from the industry are expected, ranging from commission reductions to the commission system itself, revenue calculation methods, and dispatch algorithm reforms. As many issues are difficult to conclude in the first discussion, there is a possibility of scheduling follow-up meetings or regularizing discussions.

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