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The Korea Fund, Inc.

SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Investments

   Shares      Value ($)  

COMMON STOCKS—98.8%

     

Air Freight & Logistics—1.3%

     

Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd.

     22,800        3,157,782  
     

 

 

 

Auto Components—3.7%

     

Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd.

     88,297        3,199,823  

Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.

     26,450        5,581,430  
     

 

 

 
        8,781,253  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles—5.3%

     

Hyundai Motor Co. (Preference)

     66,700        5,315,199  

Kia Corp.

     108,700        7,341,222  
     

 

 

 
        12,656,421  
     

 

 

 

Banks—6.1%

     

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

     225,900        8,781,147  

KB Financial Group, Inc.

     123,000        5,720,426  
     

 

 

 
        14,501,573  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology—1.7%

     

Hugel, Inc.*

     28,800        4,165,170  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets—1.6%

     

Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd.

     53,100        3,815,874  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals—6.4%

     

Dongjin Semichem Co. Ltd.

     74,700        1,950,398  

LG Chem Ltd.

     15,770        10,227,954  

SKC Co. Ltd.

     23,300        3,258,214  
     

 

 

 
        15,436,566  
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering—2.6%

     

DL E&C Co. Ltd.*

     30,000        3,358,169  

DL Holdings Co. Ltd.

     26,000        1,647,800  

Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd.*

     61,000        1,298,254  
     

 

 

 
        6,304,223  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities—0.4%

     

Korea Electric Power Corp.

     44,700        884,829  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components—1.8%

     

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.

     29,900        4,424,501  
     

 

 

 

Entertainment—4.0%

     

JYP Entertainment Corp.

     110,500        3,928,925  

Krafton, Inc.*

     3,700        1,568,750  

NCSoft Corp.

     8,100        4,103,085  
     

 

 

 
        9,600,760  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing—1.3%

     

E-MART, Inc.

     10,800        1,486,777  

GS Retail Co. Ltd.

     57,000        1,557,903  
     

 

 

 
        3,044,680  
     

 

 

 

Food Products—0.9%

     

CJ CheilJedang Corp.

     6,100        2,098,837  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies—1.4%

     

Dentium Co. Ltd.

     31,400        2,009,483  

Suheung Co. Ltd.

     32,100        1,396,455  
     

 

 

 
        3,405,938  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—1.5%

     

Kangwon Land, Inc.*

     147,600        3,546,365  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables—0.8%

     

Zinus, Inc.

     32,349        2,005,773  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates—1.6%

     

SK, Inc.

     16,700        3,731,402  
     

 

 

 

Insurance—1.5%

     

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.

     18,700        3,695,045  
     

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services—7.9%

     

AfreecaTV Co. Ltd.

     23,400        2,943,422  

Kakao Corp.

     34,200        3,363,506  

NAVER Corp.

     38,500        12,491,978  
     

 

 

 
        18,798,906  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services—2.2%

     

Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd.*(a)

     7,230        5,305,321  
     

 

 

 

Media—0.7%

     

Innocean Worldwide, Inc.

     34,000        1,726,810  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining—3.3%

     

Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.

     4,850        2,046,133  

POSCO

     21,200        5,837,604  
     

 

 

 
        7,883,737  
     

 

 

 

Multiline Retail—0.8%

     

Hyundai Department Store Co. Ltd.

     29,700        1,983,913  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—5.1%

     

GS Holdings Corp.

     48,000        1,791,872  

SK Innovation Co. Ltd.*

     38,200        8,410,133  

S-Oil Corp.

     23,000        2,112,449  
     

 

 

 
        12,314,454  
     

 

 

 

Personal Products—1.7%

     

LG Household & Health Care Ltd.

     3,560        4,013,625  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals—0.3%

     

Yuhan Corp.

     15,199        784,752  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services—0.7%

     

NICE Information Service Co. Ltd.

     102,740        1,760,447  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—6.9%

     

SK Hynix, Inc.

     192,000        16,436,417  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—21.8%

     

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

     840,600        52,112,662  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—0.5%

     

Hwaseung Enterprise Co. Ltd.

     83,361        1,183,604  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco—1.3%

     

KT&G Corp.

     43,800        2,996,510  
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services—1.7%

     

SK Telecom Co. Ltd.

     14,950        4,060,665  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $165,734,724)

 

     236,618,815  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments—98.8%
(Cost $165,734,724)

 

     236,618,815  

Other Assets Less Liabilities—1.2%

 

     2,882,741  
     

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

 

     239,501,556  
     

 

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets.


The Korea Fund, Inc.

SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 (Unaudited) (continued)

 

Abbreviations
Preference    A special type of equity investment that shares in the earnings of the company, has limited voting rights, and may have a dividend preference. Preference shares may also have liquidation preference.
(a)    Security exempt from registration pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Regulation S applies to securities offerings that are made outside of the United States and do not involve direct selling efforts in the United States and as such may have restrictions on resale.
*    Non-income producing security.


The Korea Fund, Inc.

SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 (Unaudited) (continued)

 

A. Valuation of Investments—Investments are valued in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and the Fund’s valuation policies set forth by, and under the supervision and responsibility of, the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), which established the following approach to valuation, as described more fully below: (i) investments for which market quotations are readily available shall be valued at their market value and (ii) all other investments for which market quotations are not readily available shall be valued at their fair value as determined in good faith by the Board.

J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. (the “Administrator”) has established the J.P. Morgan Asset Management (Asia Pacific) Limited Americas Valuation Committee (“AVC”) to assist the Board with the oversight and monitoring of the valuation of the Fund’s investments. The Administrator implements the valuation policies of the Fund’s investments, as directed by the Board. The AVC oversees and carries out the policies for the valuation of investments held in the Fund. This includes monitoring the appropriateness of fair values based on results of ongoing valuation oversight including, but not limited to, consideration of macro or security specific events, market events, and pricing vendor and broker due diligence. The Administrator is responsible for discussing and assessing the potential impacts to the fair values on an ongoing basis, and, at least on a quarterly basis, with the AVC and the Board.

Equities and other exchange-traded instruments are valued at the last sale price or official market closing price on the primary exchange on which the instrument is traded before the net asset values (“NAV”) of the Fund are calculated on a valuation date.

Certain foreign equity instruments are valued by applying international fair value factors provided by an approved Pricing Service. The factors seek to adjust the local closing price for movements of local markets post-closing, but prior to the time the NAV are calculated.

Valuations reflected in this report are as of the report date. As a result, changes in valuation due to market events and/or issuer-related events after the report date and prior to issuance of the report are not reflected herein.

The various inputs that are used in determining the valuation of the Fund’s investments are summarized into the three broad levels listed below.

 

   

Level 1—Unadjusted inputs using quoted prices in active markets for identical investments.

 

   

Level 2—Other significant observable inputs including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar investments, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for investments (such as interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.) or other market corroborated inputs.

 

   

Level 3—Significant inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).

A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input, both individually and in the aggregate, that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs or methodology used for valuing instruments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those instruments.

The following table represents each valuation input as presented on the Schedule of Portfolio Investments:

 

     Level 1
Quoted prices
     Level 2
Other significant
observable
inputs
     Level 3
Significant
unobservable
inputs
     Total  

Investments in Securities

 

  

Common Stocks

           

Air Freight & Logistics

   $      $ 3,157,782      $      $ 3,157,782  

Auto Components

            8,781,253               8,781,253  

Automobiles

            12,656,421               12,656,421  

Banks

            14,501,573               14,501,573  

Biotechnology

            4,165,170               4,165,170  

Capital Markets

            3,815,874               3,815,874  

Chemicals

            15,436,566               15,436,566  

Construction & Engineering

            6,304,223               6,304,223  

Electric Utilities

            884,829               884,829  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

            4,424,501               4,424,501  

Entertainment

     1,568,750        8,032,010               9,600,760  

Food & Staples Retailing

            3,044,680               3,044,680  

Food Products

            2,098,837               2,098,837  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

            3,405,938               3,405,938  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

            3,546,365               3,546,365  

Household Durables

            2,005,773               2,005,773  

Industrial Conglomerates

            3,731,402               3,731,402  

Insurance

            3,695,045               3,695,045  

Interactive Media & Services

            18,798,906               18,798,906  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

            5,305,321               5,305,321  

Media

            1,726,810               1,726,810  

Metals & Mining

            7,883,737               7,883,737  

Multiline Retail

            1,983,913               1,983,913  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

            12,314,454               12,314,454  

Personal Products

            4,013,625               4,013,625  

Pharmaceuticals

            784,752               784,752  

Professional Services

            1,760,447               1,760,447  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

            16,436,417               16,436,417  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

            52,112,662               52,112,662  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

            1,183,604               1,183,604  

Tobacco

            2,996,510               2,996,510  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

            4,060,665               4,060,665  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

     1,568,750        235,050,065               236,618,815  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 1,568,750      $ 235,050,065      $      $ 236,618,815