{
  "id": "limits:korea-public-magnetic-60hz",
  "collection": "limits",
  "slug": "korea-public-magnetic-limit-60-hz",
  "name": "Korea public magnetic limit at 60 Hz",
  "summary": "83.3 µT (833 mG) at Korea's 60 Hz mains frequency — the ICNIRP 1998 reference level, which Korea kept rather than moving to the 200 µT figure of the 2010 revision.",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastVerified": "2026-08-12",
  "data": {
    "standardId": "korea-msit-emf",
    "population": "general-public",
    "quantity": "magnetic-flux-density",
    "band": {
      "minHz": 60,
      "maxHz": 60,
      "label": "60 Hz"
    },
    "formula": "5/f µT for 25 Hz–0.8 kHz (f in kHz)",
    "value": {
      "quantity": "magnetic-flux-density",
      "unit": "µT",
      "value": 83.3,
      "basis": "regulatory",
      "note": "The general-public table gives B = 5/f µT with f in kHz for 25 Hz–0.8 kHz, which is 83.3 µT at 60 Hz; the RRA states the Korean power-frequency figure as 833 mG. Korea separately notes that 4 mG values quoted for Switzerland, the Netherlands and Denmark are installation or quality targets, not human-protection limits.",
      "sourceIds": [
        "korea-emf-protection-standard"
      ]
    },
    "related": [
      "limits:icnirp-2010-public-magnetic-50-60",
      "limits:japan-power-frequency-magnetic"
    ]
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "korea-emf-protection-standard",
      "title": "전자파 인체보호기준 — 전자파강도 기준표 (Human protection standard for electromagnetic waves: field-strength tables)",
      "publisher": "국립전파연구원 (National Radio Research Agency, Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea)",
      "url": "https://www.rra.go.kr/emf/wrongfact/knowing/index08.do",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    }
  ],
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