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SECTION 16
POWER OF ATTORNEY
RCM ASIA PACIFIC L1MITED
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 Fund Management
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 facts
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 facts 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 l2th day of July, 2011.
/S/ JOVITA CHOW
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Signature
JOVITA CHOW
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Print Name
CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER, RCMAP
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Title
SCHEDULE A
FUND NAME AND SYMBOL
1. THE KOREA FUND, INC. KF
INDIVIDUALS APPOINTED AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT,
WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION AND RESUBSTITUTION
1. Paul Koo
2. David Owen