KATS participates in international and regional standardization organizations such as ISO, IEC and PASC. It also hosts international meetings in Korea for standardization which provide good opportunities to reflect national inputs and status in international standards and standard-related policies
KATS helps companies overcome technical barriers to trade by collecting and analyzing information on technical regulations and industrial standards of foreign countries, and subsequently distributing them to local enterprises
KATS promotes mutual cooperation in the fields of standardization, quality and environment certification with foreign countries.
Korea's Membership within ISO/IEC TC/SCs
Korea's Membership within ISO/IEC TC/SCs mode
| ISO/IEC |
No. of TC/SCs |
National Status of Membership |
Percentage of
P- member |
| P-member |
O-member |
Total |
| Total |
TC |
SC |
TC |
SC |
TC |
SC |
TC |
SC |
| ISO |
743 |
236 |
507 |
199 |
420 |
27 |
73 |
226 |
493 |
96.77% |
| IEC* |
178 |
96 |
82 |
79 |
64 |
16 |
15 |
95 |
79 |
97.75% |
| Total |
921 |
332 |
589 |
278 |
484 |
43 |
88 |
321 |
572 |
96.96% |
Korean Secretaries and Chairs in ISO/IEC TC
Int'l Chairs - ISO : 14
Int'l Chairs - IEC : 1
Int'l Secretaries - ISO : 17
Int'l Secretaries - IEC : 4
Int'l Convenors - ISO : 79
Int'l Convenors - IEC : 25[3]*
Int'l Total - ISO : 14
Int'l Total - IEC : 1
Korea's participation in int'l standardization meetings[TC/SC/WG]
2006 year - Participants : 1,548
2006 year - No. of meetings : 304
2007 year - Participants : 1,484
2007 year - No. of meetings : 298
2008 year - Participants : 1,561
2008 year - No. of meetings : 276
2009 year - Participants : 1,591
2009 year - No. of meetings : 279
2010 year - Participants : 1,321
2010 year - No. of meetings : 209
2011 year - Participants : 1,519
2011 year - No. of meetings : 202
2012 year - Participants : 1,328
2012 year - No. of meetings : 176
2013 year - Participants : 1,382
2013 year - No. of meetings : 196
Int'l standardization meetings held in Korea
2006 year - Participants : 2,506
2006 year - No. of meetings : 53 (COPOLCO Plenary Meeting)
2007 year - Participants : 2,407
2007 year - No. of meetings : 40
2008 year - Participants : 4,313
2008 year - No. of meetings : 52
2009 year - Participants : 2,649
2009 year - No. of meetings : 42
2010 year - Participants : 1,534
2010 year - No. of meetings : 28
2011 year - Participants : 3,217
2011 year - No. of meetings : 32
2012 year - Participants : 1,797
2012 year - No. of meetings : 33
2013 year - Participants : 3,122
2013 year - No. of meetings : 34
Korea's proposal of new int'l standards
2006 year - ISO : 39
2006 year - IEC : 6
2006 year - Total : 45
2007 year - ISO : 51
2007 year - IEC : 10
2007 year - Total : 61
2008 year - ISO : 51
2008 year - IEC : 12
2008 year - Total : 63
2009 year - ISO : 48
2009 year - IEC : 30
2009 year - Total : 78
2010 year - ISO : 44
2010 year - IEC : 19
2010 year - Total : 63
2011 year - ISO : 42
2011 year - IEC : 18
2011 year - Total : 60
2012 year - ISO : 43
2012 year - IEC : 15
2012 year - Total : 58
2013 year - ISO : 39
2013 year - IEC : 16
2013 year - Total : 55
