In South Korea, where stalking reports have tripled in four years and women have been killed despite court protections, the state has begun offering survivors something once unimaginable: the ability to watch their pursuer move across a map in real time. The app, enrolling roughly 400 people since June 2026, represents both a technological leap in victim protection and a deeper reckoning with what it means when a society asks the threatened to bear the weight of their own vigilance. It is a tool born of crisis, and its existence raises the oldest of questions — not merely how to protect people
South Korea launches real-time stalker tracking app as cases surge
Stalking survivors, predominantly women, face ongoing threats; a March case involved a tagged stalker allegedly murdering his former partner despite court restraining orders.