S Korean food delivery giants rev up rider race amid coronavirus boom

S Korean food delivery giants rev up rider race amid coronavirus boom

Seoul Square in Seoul, Korea. Photo: ARA Asset Management

In South Korea, some of the world’s biggest food delivery firms are scrambling to surf an estimated $4 billion wave of new orders, contracting thousands of new riders in a boom triggered by the scourge of the global economy – the coronavirus pandemic.

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