Korean slang profile
사이버스토킹
saibeoseutoking
Cyberstalking
Harassment through persistently following someone and repeatedly making unwanted contact via communication networks or the internet.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 사이버 스토킹
- Earliest source found
- Dec 21, 1998
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
정보윤리 수업에서 사이버스토킹의 피해 사례를 다뤘다.
We covered cases of harm from 사이버스토킹 in an information ethics class.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
서울신문 in 1998 directly describes persistent following and harassment on PC communications networks and reports cases of its spread. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
Meaning and context were checked in a contemporary article on PC communications. This does not explain current legal requirements; first use of the term and the overall scale of occurrence remain unverified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- ‘사이버 스토킹’ 급속 확산 (서울신문)Published Dec 21, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026