Aiming at solving the overlaid certifications in Korea, Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy (MKE) and Korean Communications Community (KCC) had released a joint announcement on Aug.23, 2011 which announced that MKE would be responsible for the safety certification according to Korean safety administration law for electrical appliances while KCC would be responsible for the EMC certification for electrical appliances and telecommunication devices (including wire or wireless). The law has been taken into effect since Jul.1, 2012.
From this date, the current KC certification has been divided into 2 parts: KC safety certification and KCC EMC certification. All products involved in EMC have to be applied for 2certificates at the same time. However, the test contents remain the same as before. Moreover, both KC approval no. and KCC identification code no. have to be printed under KC logo on the rating label.
There will be no influence on any products which have been certified KC mark before Jul.1, 2012.
Source:
http://tuv-sud.cn/technical-news-download-file/items/kc-certification.html
