SECTION 16

POWER OF ATTORNEY

F. Ford Drummond



The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints the individuals named on
Schedule A attached hereto and as may be amended from time to time, or any of
them signing singly, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

1. as may be required, prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other
documents  necessary  or  appropriate  to  obtain  codes  and  passwords
enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports
required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(the "Act"), or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

2. 	execute Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with the Act and the rules and
regulations thereunder for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as a Section 16 reporting person of the applicable
registered investment companies (and any successor companies) listed on Schedule
A attached hereto, as amended from time to time, and any other registered
investment company affiliated with or established by, or which is advised by,
Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC or any successor firm in a similar advisory
capacity, for which the undersigned becomes a Section 16 reporting person (each,
a "Trust"),

3.   do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such
form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority, and

4.   take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,
necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do if personally present, with full power of substitution and

resubstitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this  Power  of  Attorney  and  the
 rights  and  powers  herein  granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys in fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is any Trust assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Act.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by any Trust,
unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys in fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 28th day of June, 2017.




F. Ford Drummond

SCHEDULE  A

FUND NAME AND SYMBOL



1.	ALLIANZGI DIVERSIFIED  INCOME & CONVERTIBLE FUND		     ACV
2.	ALLIANZGI EQUITY & CONVERTIBLE INCOME FUND			     NIE
3.	ALLIANZGI NFJ DIVIDEND,  INTEREST & PREMIUM STRATEGY FUND      NFJ
4.	ALLIANZGI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME FUND				     NCV
5.	ALLIANZGI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME FUND II				     NCZ
6.	ALLIANZGI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME FUND 2024 TARGET TERM FUND  CBH
7.	THE KOREA FUND, INC.							     KF








INDIVIDUALS APPOINTED AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT,
WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION AND RESUBSTITUTION


1.	Thomas J. Fuccillo
2.	Angela Borreggine
3.	Debra Rubano
4.	Craig Ruckman
5.	Kristine Pecunia