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South Korea gives 400 stalking victims app to track their stalkers in real time (www.dexerto.com)
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[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 25 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The app’s effectiveness depends on courts ordering suspects to wear electronic tags, something that remains relatively rare in South Korean stalking cases.

Police arrested 29,404 people on stalking charges across 2024 and 2025. Authorities made 1,187 applications for electronic monitoring during that period, but courts approved only 427.

Seems courts are taking the power seriously for the accused.