Korea public limit, 400–2000 MHz
f/200 W/m² (f in MHz) — 4.5 W/m² at 900 MHz and 9 W/m² at 1800 MHz, with E = 1.375 √f V/m.
Regulatorygeneral public400–2000 MHz
Last verified 12 August 2026.
- Limit value
- 2,000,000–1 × 10^7 µW/m²Regulatory value — legally enforceable — The range is the band edges: 2 W/m² at 400 MHz to 10 W/m² at 2000 MHz. At 900 MHz the limit is 4.5 W/m², equivalently 41.25 V/m.sources: korea-emf-protection-standard
- Quantity
- power density
- Frequency band
- 400–2000 MHz
- Population
- general public
- Set by
- Korea EMF human protection standard (전자파 인체보호기준) (MSIT Notice No. 2019-4 under Radio Waves Act art. 47-2)
- Kind
- Regulatory — legally enforceable
- Averaging time
- 6 minutesA measurement must use the same averaging before it can be compared with this value.
- Frequency-dependent formula
- f/200 W/m², E = 1.375 √f V/m (f in MHz)
Related records
- Korea EMF human protection standard (전자파 인체보호기준)
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.
Standards & frameworks
- ICNIRP 2020 general public reference level, 400 MHz–2 GHz
Frequency-scaled reference level f/200 W/m², giving 4.5 W/m² at 900 MHz and 9 W/m² at 1800 MHz.
Exposure limits
Sources
- korea-emf-protection-standard 전자파 인체보호기준 — 전자파강도 기준표 (Human protection standard for electromagnetic waves: field-strength tables) — 국립전파연구원 (National Radio Research Agency, Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea). regulation, link checked 2026-08-12.
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