Provided are a remote monitoring method and an apparatus for providing video images for remote monitoring. The remote monitoring method includes (a) automatically transmitting, by a monitoring video providing device, an event occurrence message to a pre-registered video communication terminal when motion of a previously set monitored object is sensed; (b) initiating, by a user of the video communication terminal, a video call directed to the monitoring video providing device in response to the event occurrence message; (c) requesting, by the monitoring video providing device, the video communication terminal connected via the video call to provide a password on a guide message; (d) determining, by the monitoring video providing device, whether the password received from the video communication terminal matches a pre-registered password; and (e) when the passwords match, providing, by the monitoring video providing device, real-time video data for the monitored object to the video communication terminal via the established video call. It is possible to conveniently monitor a specific object from a remote location at low cost without modification of a network structure or addition of complex equipment.