State Administration of Quality Management
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The National Quality Management Commission, formerly the State Administration of Quality Management of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (SAQM) is the North Korean standards organization.{{sfnp|Choi|2015}}{{sfnp|Ministry of Unification|2020}} It oversees standards and metrology, including application of both the metric system and traditional Korean units, in accordance with the 1993 Law on Metrology.{{sfnp|DPRK|1993}} It is located at 1 Inhung-Dong in Moranbong District, Pyongyang.{{sfnp|CooMet|2013}}
The commission operates under the Academy of Sciences of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.{{sfnp|Choi|2015}} Both are cabinet-level institutions. {{As of|January 2020}}, the commission is led by Ri Chol-jin.{{sfnp|Ministry of Unification|2020}}
Purview
The commission 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.{{sfnp|CooMet|2013}}
Subsidiary organizations
=Committee for Standardization of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea=
The Committee for Standardization of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (CSK) represents the country in international standardization organizations,{{sfnp|Choi|2015}} such as International Organization for Standardization (ISO).{{sfnp|ISO|n.d.}}
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=Central Institute of Metrology=
{{Redirect|Central Institute of Metrology|the Austrian institution|Central Institution for Meteorology}}
The National Quality Management Commission has supervision over the Central Institute of Metrology (CIM), located at Songsin Dong 1 in Sadong District, Pyongyang.{{sfnp|APLMF|2015}} The CIM maintains custody over North Korea's national standards.{{sfnp|APLMF|2015}} 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.{{sfnp|CooMet|2013}}{{sfnp|APLMF|2015}}
=IEC National Committee of Democratic People's Republic of Korea=
The IEC National Committee of Democratic People's Republic of Korea under the National Quality Management Commission is a member of the International Electrotechnical Commission.{{sfnp|IEC|n.d.}}
=Territorial Institutions of Calibration=
The National Quality Management Commission has supervision over Territorial Institutions of Calibration which have similar responsibilities at a provincial level.{{sfnp|CooMet|2013}}
See also
{{Portal|North Korea|Technology}}
References
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=Bibliography=
- {{citation |ref={{harvid|APLMF|2015}} |contribution=DPR Korea |contribution-url=http://www.aplmf.org/dpr-korea.html |title=Official site |url=http://www.aplmf.org |publisher=Asia–Pacific Legal Metrology Forum |date=2015 }}
- {{citation |title=Committee for Standardization of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |last=Choi |first=Sung |work=Korea IT Times |date=2015-09-23 |access-date=2022-08-17 |url= http://www.koreaittimes.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=54070 }}
- {{citation |ref={{harvid|CooMet|2013}} |contribution-url=http://www.coomet.org/en/country/kp.htm |contribution=DPR of Korea |date=27 August 2013 |url=http://www.coomet.org/home_EN.htm |title=Euro-Asian Cooperation of National Metrological Institutions |location=Moscow |publisher=CooMet Secretariat }}
- {{citation |ref={{harvid|DPRK|1993}} |title="The Law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Metrology" |url=http://www.keikoren.or.jp/measure/20130703-4.pdf |series=No. 484-112 |date=3 February 1993 |publisher=Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK |location=Pyongyang |language=ko, en |access-date=6 June 2017 |archive-date=8 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108105032/http://www.keikoren.or.jp/measure/20130703-4.pdf |url-status=dead }}
- {{citation |ref={{harvid|IEC|n.d.}}|title=IEC - Members > Democratic People's Republic of Korea (KP) |work=IEC |date=n.d.|access-date=24 February 2019 |url= https://www.iec.ch/dyn/www/f?p=103:16:0::::FSP_ORG_ID:1049}}
- {{citation |ref={{harvid|ISO|n.d.}}|title=CSK |work=ISO |date=n.d. |access-date=17 August 2022 |url= https://www.iso.org/member/1657.html}}
- {{citation |ref={{harvid|Ministry of Unification|2020}}|title=Organizational Chart of North Korean Leadership (As of January 2020) |location=Seoul|publisher=Political and Military Analysis Division, Intelligence and Analysis Bureau; Ministry of Unification |date=2020|access-date=2022-08-17|url=https://unibook.unikorea.go.kr/material/view?materialScope=ORIG&hasUrl=true&uid=CAT-20200400000000001#.pdf}}
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