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Kakao seizes South Korean streets after Uber's retreat

The KakaoTaxi smartphone app

SEOUL -- Less than a month after Uber, the smartphone-based transportation company, shut down its flagship UberX service in South Korea, a local alternative was up and running.

     The upstart, created by Kakao, the country's dominant instant messaging service, now rules the road.

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