An apparatus for providing real time information includes a data receiver for receiving status information data and an information user's data request message on the status information data in real time, the status information data consisting of either video data or data obtained by combining video data with at least one of audio data and text data and being indicative of temporal status information on an arbitrary area and theme; a data base management system (DBMS) for sorting the status information data received through the data receiver in accordance with a corresponding area and theme and managing them in a temporal order; a data base (DB) retrieval unit for retrieving the DBMS to extract status information data corresponding to a theme and area selected by the information user, if the data request message is received through the data receiver; a data transmitter for transmitting the status information data extracted from the DB retrieval unit to the information user; and a controller for controlling the data transmitter, the data receiver, the DB retrieval unit, and the DBMS to manage the status information data for the area and theme based on the temporal order and to provide the information user with corresponding status information data, if the data request message is received from an arbitrary information user. The controller selects only the latest information from a list of the extracted status information data to provide to the arbitrary information user.