Institution responsible for standards, scientific metrology and calibration service is Central Institute of Metrology (CIM).

Its main tasks are:

-       maintenance and management of national standards for the measurement units of physical quantities;

-       fundamental research in the field of metrology;

-       development of national standards and reference measuring instruments;

-       calibration and international comparison of various kinds of reference measuring instruments;

-       pattern approval of measuring instruments;

-       research for the establishment of law and regulations on metrology;

-       train of the experts and dissemination of scientific and technical knowledge on metrology;

-       international exchange in the field of metrology.

 

Management:	Dr. Kim Gwang Ho Director
Address:	Sonsin 1 Dong, Sadong District Pyongyang, DPR of Korea
Telephone:	+ 850 2 381 86 49
Fax:	+ 850 2 381 44 80
E-mail:	pdk0301@163.com

 

Institution responsible for legal metrology is State Administration for Quality Management (SAQM) responsible for the metrological works in the country.

It is charged with the following main activities:

-       to elaborate and realize the state policy in metrology;

-       to define and register the measurement standards for the unification of measurement units and maintenance of their accuracy;

-       to approve the measuring means;

-       to accredit the self-calibration institution;

-       to organize and carry out the inspection and supervision in the field of metrology;

-       to elaborate the law, regulations and rules on metrology;

-       to approve the guidelines to the calibration and pattern evaluation.

 

Management:	Prof. Dr. CHOE Hui Jong, President Dr. Jon In Chol,  Director, Department of Metrology
Address:	Songyo 1 Dong, Songyo District Pyongyang, DPR of Korea
Telephone:	+ 850 2 381
Fax:	+ 850 2 381 44 10

Territorial Institutions of Calibration are the subordinate of SAQM.

 

These institutions are charged with the following main activities:

-       to maintain the working standards and reference instruments;

-       to calibrate the ordinary measuring instruments belonging to the category of state calibration within the territory;

-       to carry out the supervision and control on metrology;

-       to give technical and administrative guidance to the self-calibration institutions within the territory.