SEOUL — A South Korean taxi driver burned himself to death on Monday in protest at an Uber-like ride-sharing service being introduced by the country’s largest mobile chat app, reports said. South Korean taxi drivers have angrily protested against the car-pooling service created by KakaoTalk, saying it would threaten their jobs and livelihoods. The 57-year-old driver, surnamed Choi, set himself alight in front of the national parliament in Seoul after complaining about the carpooling service, according to the police and Yonhap news agency. Choi had told another taxi driver he wanted to set himself on fire “because of the Kakao carpool”, Yonhap news agency quoted the man as saying. He poured fuel over himself while sitting in his vehicle and set himself alight, police said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 10, 2018 09:45 UTC