Carpooling Apps on Collision Course with S Korea Taxi Drivers

South Korea’s taxi industry is reacting angrily to the latest threat from mobility apps. Following the shutdown of ridesharing service Uber in 2015, this time carpooling apps are threatening to disrupt the country’s transport ecosystem. Two leading local platforms — Luxi [https://home.luxicar.co.kr/home/faq/] and its biggest rival Poolus [https://www.poolus.kr/support/notice/rider] — are at the forefront of the controversy. Taxi drivers hit the streets in a bid to get carpooling apps banned l