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  "slug": "korea-emf-human-protection-standard",
  "name": "Korea EMF human protection standard (전자파 인체보호기준)",
  "summary": "Korea's binding exposure standard under Radio Waves Act art. 47-2, tracking the ICNIRP 1998 reference levels: 61 V/m above 2 GHz and 83.3 µT at power frequency for the general public.",
  "status": "verified",
  "lastVerified": "2026-08-12",
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      "RRA EMF standard"
    ],
    "organization": "Ministry of Science and ICT / National Radio Research Agency (국립전파연구원), Republic of Korea",
    "edition": "MSIT Notice No. 2019-4 under Radio Waves Act art. 47-2",
    "jurisdiction": [
      "KR"
    ],
    "kind": "regulatory",
    "scope": "Covers basic restrictions and reference levels from below 1 Hz to 300 GHz for the general public and for occupationally exposed workers, and is applied through separate notices for SAR measurement, field-strength measurement and the equipment classes subject to testing. Korea retains the ICNIRP 1998 power-frequency reference level of 833 mG rather than the 2010 revision used by Japan and New Zealand.",
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      "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"
    },
    {
      "id": "korea-radio-waves-act",
      "title": "Radio Waves Act, art. 47-2 — standards for the protection of the human body from electromagnetic waves",
      "publisher": "Korea Legislation Research Institute (statutes of the Republic of Korea)",
      "url": "https://elaw.klri.re.kr/eng_service/lawView.do?hseq=25937&lang=ENG",
      "kind": "regulation",
      "retrieved": "2026-08-12"
    }
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