A mobile terminal including a body having a display unit mounted on a front surface of the body; a ground frame located on a back surface of the display unit and supporting the display unit; a first radiation element mounted on the body below the ground frame and configured to radiate an electromagnetic wave comprising a main lobe radiating in a backward direction of the mobile terminal toward a back surface of the body and a sub lobe radiating toward the front surface of the body; a metal plate disposed below the first radiation element and configured to reflect the electromagnetic wave comprising the main lobe in a forward direction to cause a surface wave along the ground frame and increase a size of the sub lobe radiating toward the front surface of the body; and a controller configured to apply power to the first radiation element to control the electromagnetic wave to be radiated.