Prosecutors have indicted the heads of local app-based car-sharing service Tada... on charges of running a transportation business without a license.
Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office said SoCar's chief executive Lee Jae-woong and chief executive of SoCar's rental car hailing service unit, Value Creators and Company, Park Jae-uk ... are to face trail without physical detention.
This comes amid protests and even formal complaints among taxi drivers who see these types of services as being illegal.
The issue at court is expected to focus on whether Tada should be considered as a type of rental car service, which is within legal boundaries, or an illegal taxi service operating without a license.