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The Korea Fund, Inc.

SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

AS OF MARCH 31, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Investments

   Shares      Value ($)  
               

COMMON STOCKS—98.5%

 

Automobile Components—5.0%

 

Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd.

     63,700        1,703,851  

Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.

     28,800        4,783,385  
     

 

 

 
        6,487,236  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles—3.5%

 

Hyundai Motor Co. (Preference)

     42,600        3,146,745  

Kia Corp.

     21,600        1,348,015  
     

 

 

 
        4,494,760  
     

 

 

 

Banks—6.4%

 

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

     88,700        2,777,993  

KakaoBank Corp.

     16,800        313,996  

KB Financial Group, Inc.

     143,000        5,222,673  
     

 

 

 
        8,314,662  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology—1.5%

 

Hugel, Inc.*

     19,200        1,898,470  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets—2.4%

 

KIWOOM Securities Co. Ltd.

     18,000        1,404,061  

Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd.

     38,500        1,634,206  
     

 

 

 
        3,038,267  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals—10.7%

 

Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd.

     9,500        1,050,830  

LG Chem Ltd.

     15,340        8,424,636  

Lotte Chemical Corp.

     4,600        675,810  

SK IE Technology Co. Ltd.*(a)

     24,500        1,351,863  

SKC Co. Ltd.

     26,500        2,342,112  
     

 

 

 
        13,845,251  
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering—2.4%

 

DL Holdings Co. Ltd.

     23,500        965,124  

Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd.*

     86,900        2,123,764  
     

 

 

 
        3,088,888  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail—0.9%

 

BGF retail Co. Ltd.

     8,105        1,129,071  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components—3.0%

 

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.

     23,400        2,762,867  

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.

     2,020        1,147,439  
     

 

 

 
        3,910,306  
     

 

 

 

Entertainment—3.4%

 

JYP Entertainment Corp.

     20,700        1,237,107  

NCSoft Corp.

     8,750        2,507,496  

YG Entertainment, Inc.

     15,700        689,278  
     

 

 

 
        4,433,881  
     

 

 

 

Food Products—2.3%

 

CJ CheilJedang Corp.

     7,250        1,816,335  

Orion Corp.

     11,617        1,219,259  
     

 

 

 
        3,035,594  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies—0.4%

 

Suheung Co. Ltd.

     24,000        543,678  
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—1.0%

 

Kangwon Land, Inc.

     88,000        1,349,780  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables—1.4%

 

Coway Co. Ltd.

     26,500        1,069,530  

Zinus, Inc.

     32,446        703,355  
     

 

 

 
        1,772,885  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates—1.4%

 

SK, Inc.

     13,200        1,758,792  
     

 

 

 

Insurance—2.5%

 

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.

     13,950        2,205,108  

Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

     20,000        964,476  
     

 

 

 
        3,169,584  
     

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services—5.3%

 

AfreecaTV Co. Ltd.

     6,800        446,926  

Kakao Corp.

     40,500        1,918,032  

NAVER Corp.

     29,000        4,544,040  
     

 

 

 
        6,908,998  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services—2.3%

 

Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd.*(a)

     4,900        2,970,205  
     

 

 

 

Marine Transportation—0.6%

 

Pan Ocean Co. Ltd.

     184,700        827,963  
     

 

 

 

Media—0.4%

 

Innocean Worldwide, Inc.

     17,986        563,158  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining—3.9%

 

POSCO Holdings, Inc.

     17,750        5,021,853  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—3.8%

 

SK Innovation Co. Ltd.*

     19,700        2,729,565  

S-Oil Corp.

     35,700        2,199,061  
     

 

 

 
        4,928,626  
     

 

 

 

Personal Care Products—1.4%

 

LG H&H Co. Ltd.

     3,850        1,778,694  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals—0.8%

 

Yuhan Corp.

     27,800        1,082,329  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services—0.5%

 

NICE Information Service Co. Ltd.

     65,000        617,593  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—7.4%

 

Eo Technics Co. Ltd.

     10,928        754,328  

SK Hynix, Inc.

     129,400        8,855,483  
     

 

 

 
        9,609,811  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail—0.6%

 

K Car Co. Ltd.

     80,000        787,627  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—23.0%

 

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

     602,300        29,784,314  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—0.3%

 

Hwaseung Enterprise Co. Ltd.

     50,000        329,750  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $99,884,548)

 

     127,482,026  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments—98.5% (Cost $99,884,548)

 

     127,482,026  

Other Assets Less Liabilities—1.5%

 

     2,004,330  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

 

     129,486,356  
  

 

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets.


The Korea Fund, Inc.

SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

AS OF MARCH 31, 2023 (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 MARCH 31, 2023 (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.

Under Section 2(a)(41) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 Act, the Board is required to determine fair value for securities that do not have readily available market quotations. Under SEC Rule 2a-5 (Good Faith Determinations of Fair Value), the Board may designate the performance of these fair valuation determinations to a valuation designee. The Board has designated the Adviser as the “Valuation Designee” to perform fair valuation determinations for the Fund on behalf of the Board subject to appropriate oversight by the Board. The Adviser, as Valuation Designee, leverages the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Americas Valuation Committee (“AVC”) to help oversee and carry out the policies for the valuation of Investments held in the Funds. The Adviser, as Valuation Designee, remains responsible for the valuation determinations. This oversight by the AVC 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)

   $      $ 127,482,026      $      $ 127,482,026  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Please refer to the SOI for specifics of portfolio holdings.