charges that were pending trial, but it was reported that he committed the crime after finding out the victim's work information through the company's internal network. This case gave a social shock and received national attention because it is similar to the murder case of a woman in a public bathroom near Gangnam Station in 2017 in its method and location of the crime, it is a retaliatory crime committed by a suspect on trial, nearing one year anniversary of the ‘Act on the Punishment of Stalking Crimes’ (“Stalking Punishment Act”), and fact that a stalking perpetrator worked at the same workplace as the victim, etc., and became known as the ‘Sindang Station Murder Case.’ On Sep. 19, the identity of the perpetrator was disclosed, and the prosecutor’s office conducted a search and seizure of the Seoul Transportation Corporation to investigate how the perpetrator was able to access the company's internal network without authority and the company's management of personal information. Controversies over whether this case could be defined as gender violence, the government's role in protecting victims in connection with the abolition of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, and inappropriate remarks by some politicians occurred among the politicians and the media.270) Meanwhile, discussions on responding to stalking crimes and victim protection, including the need to supplement the stalking punishment law, were triggered again at the National Assembly. The Ministry of Justice has been implementing the amendment to the Stalking Punishment Act since Oct. and is in the review stage at the Ministry of Justice, as of the end of 2022. The main contents include the abolition of the crime of unwillingness to punish the stalking crime, the addition of an electronic device for tracking the location of the stalker as provisional measures to protect the victim, and the victim protection order program allowing a restraining order against the stalker for the victim's residence or workplace On Dec. 28, the ‘Act on Prevention of Stalking and Protection of Victims’ was passed at the plenary session of the National Assembly, which stipulates the protection and support system for victims, etc., and will become effective in Jul. 2023. According to this law, protective measures are available even the stalking act of the other party that does not fall under the stalking crime under the Stalking Punishment Act. Moreover, it includes contents 270) Kyunghyang Shinmun, Controversy over reckless remarks by Seoul councilor over ‘Sindang Station murder case,’ Sep. 16, 2022 111