State Administration of Quality Management

The State Administration of Quality Management of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is the North Korean standards organization. It oversees standards and metrology, including application of both the metric system and traditional Korean units, in accordance with the 1993 Law on Metrology.[1] It is located at 1 Inhung-Dong in Moranbong District, Pyongyang.[2]

Not to be confused with Not to be confused with the State Administration of Quality Administration of the People's Republic of China.
"Central Institute of Metrology" redirects here. For the Austrian institution, see Central Institution for Meteorology.

Purview

The SAQM is charged with elaborating and realizing state metrological regulation and policy; defining, registering, and maintaining measurement standards and devices; accrediting the North Korean institution of self-calibration; organizing and conducting inspections and supervision to ensure proper use of approved measurements; approving guidelines for measurement calibration within North Korea.[2]

Subsidiary organizations

Central Institute of Metrology

The SAQM has supervision over the Central Institute of Metrology, located at Songsin Dong 1 in Sadong District, Pyongyang.[3] The CIM maintains custody over North Korea's national standards.[3] It also calibrates high-precision reference standards for provincial verification offices and other agencies; performs research on metrology and its application within North Korea; and assists the SAQM with supervision over implementation of North Korean laws related to metrology.[2][3]

IEC National Committee of Democratic People's Republic of Korea

The IEC National Committee of Democratic People's Republic of Korea under SAQM is a member of the International Electrotechnical Commission.[4]

Territorial Institutions of Calibration

The SAQM has supervision over Territorial Institutions of Calibration which have similar responsibilities at a provincial level.[2]

See also

References

Citations
  1. DPRK (1993).
  2. CooMet (2013).
  3. APLMF (2015).
  4. IEC (n.d.).

Bibliography
  • "DPR Korea", Official site, Asia–Pacific Legal Metrology Forum, 2015.
  • "DPR of Korea", Euro-Asian Cooperation of National Metrological Institutions, Moscow: CooMet Secretariat, 27 August 2013.
  • "The Law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Metrology" (PDF), No. 484-112, Pyongyang: Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, 3 February 1993. (in Korean) & (in English)
  • "IEC - Members > Democratic People's Republic of Korea (KP)", iec.ch, n.d., retrieved 24 February 2019
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