Taxi unions and ride-sharing companies are trying to work out a deal in Seoul to prevent more tragedies as protests against carpooling apps have turned fatal.
Bruce Harrison reports from Seoul.
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The taxi industry and ride-sharing services are trying to find a way to share the road.
And avoid more death.
The South Korean government now says carpooling apps will only launch once they've reached a deal with taxi associations.
Talks follow mass demonstrations by taxi unions against the government.
Under transportation law, carpooling apps are allowed to be used only during rush hour.
But traditional cabbies claim it would cut deeply into their already meager wages.
Two drivers even lit themselves on fire in protest and later died.
I'm Bruce Harrison, in Seoul.
Bruce Harrison, SABC News, Seoul.