KS Standards

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Overview

  • Korean Industrial Standards (KS) is the national standards in Korea based on the Industrial Standardization Act. Development of KS to be notified by Administrator of KATS after getting approval from Korea Industrial Standards Commission.
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  • KS may be divided into 16 sectors ranging from the General (A) to the Information Industry (X), as well as it may be classified into 3 types of standards as following :
    • "Product Standard" that specifies improvement, measurement and quality of product
    • "Procedure Standard" that stipulates testing/analysis/inspection/measurement method and process standard, etc.
    • "Horizontal Standard" that specifies terminology, technical characteristics, unit and numerical progression, etc.