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N/A 93300.00000000 NS 5651010.09000000 3.106591722548 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N LG Household & Health Care Ltd. N/A LG Household & Health Care Ltd. N/A 3800.00000000 NS 2680565.55000000 1.473616683876 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N AfreecaTV Co. Ltd. N/A AfreecaTV Co. Ltd. N/A 9700.00000000 NS 1175594.78000000 0.646272605154 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Suheung Co. Ltd. N/A Suheung Co. Ltd. N/A 26700.00000000 NS 885962.20000000 0.487049712029 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N KakaoBank Corp. N/A KakaoBank Corp. N/A 22000.00000000 NS 929176.35000000 0.510806300418 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N E-MART, Inc. 988400SAX0Q74FRA9981 E-MART, Inc. N/A 11900.00000000 NS 1374358.82000000 0.755541339694 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N DL E&C Co. Ltd. N/A DL E&C Co. Ltd. N/A 22100.00000000 NS 2392192.17000000 1.315086024570 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Yuhan Corp. N/A Yuhan Corp. N/A 44700.00000000 NS 2144576.57000000 1.178961586446 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Zinus, Inc. N/A Zinus, Inc. N/A 30900.00000000 NS 1842246.43000000 1.012758324473 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd. N/A Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd. N/A 44000.00000000 NS 2826732.68000000 1.553970742519 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N KT&G Corp. 988400ZJV6ISYBLQX875 KT&G Corp. N/A 4200.00000000 NS 279426.24000000 0.153612049955 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N SK Telecom Co. Ltd. 9884003WEA1PHW006037 SK Telecom Co. Ltd. N/A 17700.00000000 NS 827621.14000000 0.454977241587 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Kakao Corp. 988400FTKUBQXKVZP434 Kakao Corp. N/A 40700.00000000 NS 3537586.45000000 1.944756177805 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd. N/A Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd. N/A 407.00000000 NS 61974.36000000 0.034069844279 Long CORP KR N 2 N N N Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd. N/A Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd. N/A 6000.00000000 NS 4076862.80000000 2.241218477181 Long EC CORP KR Y 2 N N N Hyundai Motor Co. 9884004RQX8PRBXQ8S60 Hyundai Motor Co. 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N/A 147900.00000000 NS 14227863.39000000 7.821639305712 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N BGF retail Co. Ltd. N/A BGF retail Co. Ltd. N/A 13441.00000000 NS 1930589.16000000 1.061323941840 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N ISC Co. Ltd. N/A ISC Co. Ltd. N/A 48600.00000000 NS 1177231.58000000 0.647172421160 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N S-Oil Corp. 988400QTUXYDN8W3MZ32 S-Oil Corp. N/A 36400.00000000 NS 2888126.81000000 1.587721610600 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Korea Electric Power Corp. 988400QG33WS7JEIV602 Korea Electric Power Corp. N/A 44300.00000000 NS 825355.12000000 0.453731517572 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Hana Financial Group, Inc. N/A Hana Financial Group, Inc. N/A 178300.00000000 NS 7091555.96000000 3.898518794774 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N SKC Co. Ltd. N/A SKC Co. Ltd. N/A 25400.00000000 NS 3193737.19000000 1.755728154866 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N HSD Engine Co. Ltd. N/A HSD Engine Co. Ltd. N/A 101000.00000000 NS 759882.70000000 0.417738646424 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N NCSoft Corp. N/A NCSoft Corp. N/A 6400.00000000 NS 2454440.01000000 1.349306212008 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Innocean Worldwide, Inc. 9884004U41HRH3VEBX04 Innocean Worldwide, Inc. N/A 32200.00000000 NS 1329463.91000000 0.730860768686 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 9884007ER46L6N7EI764 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. N/A 695000.00000000 NS 39769973.38000000 21.86318342041 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N 2022-05-02 Korea Fund, Inc. Neil S. Martin Neil S. Martin Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer XXXX NPORT-EX 2 Korea_Fund.htm HTML

The Korea Fund, Inc.

SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

AS OF MARCH 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Investments

   Shares      Value ($)  

COMMON STOCKS—97.9%

     

Air Freight & Logistics—1.1%

     

Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd.

     12,300        1,939,466  
     

 

 

 

Auto Components—3.4%

     

Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd.

     88,000        2,429,673  

Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.

     21,700        3,824,638  
     

 

 

 
        6,254,311  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles—5.3%

     

Hyundai Motor Co. (Preference)

     55,000        3,908,780  

Kia Corp.

     93,300        5,651,010  
     

 

 

 
        9,559,790  
     

 

 

 

Banks—7.0%

     

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

     176,000        7,000,078  

KakaoBank Corp.*

     22,000        929,176  

KB Financial Group, Inc.

     96,400        4,830,981  
     

 

 

 
        12,760,235  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology—1.7%

     

Hugel, Inc.*

     27,000        3,078,061  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets—1.6%

     

Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd.

     44,000        2,826,733  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals—6.0%

     

Dongjin Semichem Co. Ltd.

     30,600        979,151  

LG Chem Ltd.

     12,900        5,636,869  

SK IE Technology Co. Ltd.*(a)

     11,200        1,153,919  

SKC Co. Ltd.

     25,400        3,193,737  
     

 

 

 
        10,963,676  
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering—2.7%

     

DL E&C Co. Ltd.

     22,100        2,392,192  

DL Holdings Co. Ltd.

     21,300        1,068,919  

Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd.*

     63,800        1,369,342  
     

 

 

 
        4,830,453  
     

 

 

 

Electric Utilities—0.5%

     

Korea Electric Power Corp.*

     44,300        825,355  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components—1.7%

     

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.

     23,000        3,096,836  
     

 

 

 

Entertainment—2.4%

     

JYP Entertainment Corp.

     38,900        1,951,728  

NCSoft Corp.

     6,400        2,454,440  
     

 

 

 
        4,406,168  
     

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing—1.8%

     

BGF retail Co. Ltd.

     13,441        1,930,589  

E-MART, Inc.

     11,900        1,374,359  
     

 

 

 
        3,304,948  
     

 

 

 

Food Products—0.8%

     

CJ CheilJedang Corp.

     5,000        1,515,755  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies—0.5%

     

Suheung Co. Ltd.

     26,700        885,962  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—1.4%

     

Kangwon Land, Inc.*

     112,882        2,574,613  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables—1.1%

     

Zinus, Inc.

     33,000        1,967,448  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates—1.7%

     

SK, Inc.

     15,400        3,051,791  
     

 

 

 

Insurance—0.7%

     

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.

     6,608        1,190,001  
     

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services—7.7%

     

AfreecaTV Co. Ltd.

     9,700        1,175,595  

Kakao Corp.

     40,700        3,537,586  

NAVER Corp.

     33,300        9,255,037  
     

 

 

 
        13,968,218  
     

 

 

 

IT Services—1.1%

     

Kakaopay Corp.*

     17,100        2,084,244  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services—2.2%

     

Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd.*(a)

     6,000        4,076,863  
     

 

 

 

Machinery—0.4%

     

HSD Engine Co. Ltd.*

     101,000        759,883  
     

 

 

 

Marine—0.4%

     

Pan Ocean Co. Ltd.

     136,100        779,708  
     

 

 

 

Media—0.7%

     

Innocean Worldwide, Inc.

     32,200        1,329,464  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining—3.3%

     

Korea Zinc Co. Ltd.

     3,300        1,588,459  

POSCO Holdings, Inc.

     18,750        4,497,633  
     

 

 

 
        6,086,092  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—4.3%

     

SK Innovation Co. Ltd.*

     28,100        4,929,498  

S-Oil Corp.

     36,400        2,888,127  
     

 

 

 
        7,817,625  
     

 

 

 

Personal Products—1.5%

     

LG Household & Health Care Ltd.

     3,800        2,680,566  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals—1.2%

     

Yuhan Corp.

     44,700        2,144,577  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services—0.9%

     

NICE Information Service Co. Ltd.

     76,400        1,237,969  

Wantedlab, Inc.*

     13,254        373,167  
     

 

 

 
        1,611,136  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—8.7%

     

ISC Co. Ltd.

     49,630        1,202,181  

SK Hynix, Inc.

     147,900        14,227,863  

SK Square Co. Ltd.*

     10,000        465,125  
     

 

 

 
        15,895,169  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail—1.2%

     

K Car Co. Ltd.

     79,500        2,121,526  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—21.9%

     

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

     695,000        39,769,973  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—0.4%

     

Hwaseung Enterprise Co. Ltd.

     60,400        759,288  
     

 

 

 

Tobacco—0.1%

     

KT&G Corp.

     4,200        279,426  
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services—0.5%

     

SK Telecom Co. Ltd.

     17,700        827,621  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $136,811,820)

 

     178,022,981  
     

 

 

 


The Korea Fund, Inc.

SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

AS OF MARCH 31, 2022 (Unaudited) (continued)

 

Investments

   No. of
Rights
     Value ($)  
RIGHTS—0.0%(b)      

Life Sciences Tools & Services—0.0%(b)

     

Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd., expiring 4/8/2022* (Cost $—)

     407        61,975  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments—97.9%
(Cost $136,811,820)

 

     178,084,956  

Other Assets Less Liabilities—2.1%

 

     3,817,658  
     

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

 

     181,902,614  
     

 

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets.

 

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.
(b)    Amount rounds to less than 0.1% of net assets.
*    Non-income producing security.


The Korea Fund, Inc.

SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

AS OF MARCH 31, 2022 (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 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 NAVs 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 (“SOI”):

 

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

Total Investments in Securities(a)

   $      $ 178,084,956      $      $ 178,084,956  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Please refer to the schedule of portfolio investments for specifics of portfolio holdings.