# 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.

- Canonical URL: https://emfbase.com/standards/korea-emf-human-protection-standard
- Collection: Standards & frameworks
- Record id: `standards:korea-msit-emf`
- Status: verified
- Last verified: 2026-08-12
- JSON: https://emfbase.com/api/standards/korea-emf-human-protection-standard
- Also known as: 전자파 인체보호기준, MSIT Notice 2019-4, Korea EMF limits, RRA EMF standard

## Key values

- **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
- **Frequency range:** DC – 300 GHz
- **Status of values:** Legally enforceable in at least one jurisdiction

## 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.

## Sources

- `korea-emf-protection-standard` 국립전파연구원 (National Radio Research Agency, Ministry of Science and ICT, Republic of Korea). *전자파 인체보호기준 — 전자파강도 기준표 (Human protection standard for electromagnetic waves: field-strength tables)*. https://www.rra.go.kr/emf/wrongfact/knowing/index08.do — regulation, link checked 2026-08-12
- `korea-radio-waves-act` Korea Legislation Research Institute (statutes of the Republic of Korea). *Radio Waves Act, art. 47-2 — standards for the protection of the human body from electromagnetic waves*. https://elaw.klri.re.kr/eng_service/lawView.do?hseq=25937&lang=ENG — regulation, link checked 2026-08-12

Data licence: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Dataset version 2026.08.1. Retrieved from EMFBase, https://emfbase.com.

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