The Ministry of knowledge economy (mke) of Korea announced on August 25, 2008 that the national standards committee will implement a new national unified certification mark called "KC mark" from July 2009 to December 2010. The new logo is called KC mark, representing Korea certification. The current 13 mandatory signs will be finally unified under this new sign.

Ek-mark certification is a type certification system supervised by the Korean government, which has been replaced by the new safety certification system. The new certification work is undertaken by several private enterprises, including KTL, Keti and esak. The newly revised electrical safety regulations act 6019 was promulgated on September 7, 1999 The newly revised electrical safety regulations have improved the safety control of production and use of electrical appliances, and also made the safety standards more international, so that they can be recognized by many countries in the future The new electrical safety regulations were officially implemented on July 1, 2000.