On June 25, 2025, the National Radio Research Agency (RRA) of South Korea issued Announcement 2025-44 for public comment on the draft revision of the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) standard, which is as follows:

• Specific absorption rate (SAR) measurements will be based on the national standard KS C3350 (paragraph 1 of Article 3 of the draft);
• The implementation date of the announcement is April 1, 2026, and the announcement provides transitional measures (Articles 1 and 2 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Draft) to ensure that products before the implementation date are subsequently found to be compliant;
• Clarify the numbers of specific clauses in the administrative provisions (standards for electromagnetic wave human protection) related to the scope of application of the announcement, and revise the relevant terms (Article 2 of the Draft);
• editorial revisions to the provisions, including the deletion of unnecessary abbreviations and article numbers, the removal of repetitive terms, and the addition of Korean indications to the names of standardization bodies (Articles 1, 2, 3.1 and 2 of the draft);

Click on this link to view the original public consultation, and the comment period is until 25 August 2025.