In South Korea, it has become fashionable to scare and stalk women (5 photos + 1 video)

There's a new wild trend in South Korea: posting videos of women panicking and screaming in fear when strange men follow them at night. .





A "funny" video from social networks. See how happy she is?

A new video genre in South Korea

There is an opinion that such pranks were done in different countries, but only in South Korea the idea fell on unhealthy soil and became a TREND. Students (guys) started posting videos of themselves chasing female students at night. In the description, they write that this is supposedly a comical attempt to help them get home safely. That is, they are keeping an eye on the girls. As expected, the girls themselves were shocked by this “help” online. This looks like the most cruel mockery of girls who are afraid of being chased by a stranger in the dark.



I recently wrote about the problem of milk in South Korea. Apparently, it's not enough for them to just secretly film

A video titled "Picking a random woman and helping her get home safely" showed a woman running away from the "helper" in obvious fear, without looking back. When it went viral, it suddenly became clear that there were quite a few videos like it online. Students from Chungbuk National University and Hanbat National University also posted videos with similar captions last week. In them, several students filmed themselves chasing a female student down an empty street at night.





Ironic Korean graffiti about a social problem

Korean students have taken an unhealthy stance on the global social media trend of men on TikTok and Instagram* filming themselves, sometimes wearing masks, chasing women down dark roads. Some of them even made threatening noises or grabbed women by the arms (!!!). The videos have garnered millions of likes and views, but also caused a public outcry. Some millions of them LIKED them, after all.



Another video, and they post it with their own faces, not afraid of PARENTAL condemnation

"There are countless female victims who were sexually assaulted and killed after being harassed in this way. Is it funny to see a video that recreates the process of the crime?" - the most common question from opponents.

Of course, when the scandal broke out, the students were afraid of expulsion, so they deleted the video and apologized. Allegedly, those who filmed it were just fooling around and playing. Although a 2024 survey by the Global Independent Market Research Network found that 51% of South Korean women did not feel confident or safe walking alone in their neighborhood at night. And this is one of the highest rates in the Asia-Pacific region.



It is in Asian countries that there is a guide for girls on how to make everyone think that you do not live alone (for example, put someone else's shoes at the entrance)

South Korea does suffer from stalking and sexual crimes against women. In 2022 alone, women filed 29,559 complaints of stalking (a separate type of crime). After news like this, I really want to read some large-scale research about what's wrong with Korean men and how they were raised that they find this so funny. It's unlikely that a million women liked all these videos.