The Korea Fund, Inc.

SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

AS OF MARCH 31, 2024 (Unaudited)

 

Investments

   Shares      Value ($)  

COMMON STOCKS—98.8%

 

Automobile Components—3.7%

 

Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd.

     38,200        1,534,934  

Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.

     18,640        3,618,727  
     

 

 

 
        5,153,661  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles—5.5%

 

Hyundai Motor Co.

     15,800        2,780,302  

Hyundai Motor Co. (Preference)

     24,200        2,820,371  

Kia Corp.

     25,400        2,110,974  
     

 

 

 
        7,711,647  
     

 

 

 

Banks—7.6%

 

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

     95,500        4,180,782  

KakaoBank Corp.

     30,500        637,015  

Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.

     168,000        5,926,215  
     

 

 

 
        10,744,012  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology—2.0%

 

APRILBIO Co. Ltd.*

     78,800        965,826  

Hugel, Inc.*

     12,402        1,777,855  
     

 

 

 
        2,743,681  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets—3.4%

 

KIWOOM Securities Co. Ltd.

     21,046        1,928,014  

Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd.

     31,800        1,574,398  

Samsung Securities Co. Ltd.

     41,400        1,251,887  
     

 

 

 
        4,754,299  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals—8.0%

 

DL Holdings Co. Ltd.

     19,000        739,716  

Dongsung Finetec Co. Ltd.

     76,100        684,472  

Hansol Chemical Co. Ltd.

     8,500        1,268,819  

Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd.

     14,100        1,471,002  

LG Chem Ltd.

     18,000        5,891,496  

SKC Co. Ltd.*

     6,100        542,116  

Soulbrain Co. Ltd.

     3,300        718,024  
     

 

 

 
        11,315,645  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail—1.0%

 

BGF retail Co. Ltd.

     15,648        1,359,258  
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment—1.0%

 

SK IE Technology Co. Ltd.*(a)

     26,700        1,450,251  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components—5.0%

 

Park Systems Corp.

     5,600        632,159  

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.

     25,000        2,785,508  

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.

     8,000        2,837,233  

SOLUM Co. Ltd.*

     40,000        733,404  
     

 

 

 
        6,988,304  
     

 

 

 

Entertainment—1.5%

 

SM Entertainment Co. Ltd.

     25,000        1,586,380  

YG Entertainment, Inc.

     13,900        475,187  
     

 

 

 
        2,061,567  
     

 

 

 

Financial Services—0.5%

 

NHN KCP Corp.

     77,851        718,753  
     

 

 

 

Food Products—2.1%

 

CJ CheilJedang Corp.

     7,800        1,692,094  

Orion Corp.

     17,800        1,214,610  
     

 

 

 
        2,906,704  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies—0.1%

 

Suheung Co. Ltd.

     8,130        136,860  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables—0.4%

 

Coway Co. Ltd.

     14,200        593,548  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates—1.4%

 

SK, Inc.

     15,000        2,034,789  
     

 

 

 

Insurance—2.3%

 

Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd.

     59,800        1,369,642  

Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

     26,700        1,894,096  
     

 

 

 
        3,263,738  
     

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services—4.8%

 

AfreecaTV Co. Ltd.

     6,900        631,274  

Kakao Corp.

     42,800        1,729,999  

NAVER Corp.

     31,900        4,431,793  
     

 

 

 
        6,793,066  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services—3.1%

 

Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd.*(a)

     5,450        3,373,145  

ST Pharm Co. Ltd.

     14,300        959,479  
     

 

 

 
        4,332,624  
     

 

 

 

Machinery—2.8%

 

Hanwha Engine*

     93,300        684,935  

Hy-Lok Corp.

     36,500        706,351  

Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd.*

     387,600        2,482,639  
     

 

 

 
        3,873,925  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining—0.8%

 

POSCO Holdings, Inc.

     3,800        1,190,267  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—2.4%

 

S-Oil Corp.

     59,500        3,446,130  
     

 

 

 

Passenger Airlines—1.1%

 

Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd.

     96,700        1,556,915  
     

 

 

 

Personal Care Products—0.5%

 

APR Corp.*

     3,300        642,228  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals—0.7%

 

HK inno N Corp.

     36,048        1,018,564  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services—0.4%

 

NICE Information Service Co. Ltd.

     71,554        542,942  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—12.0%

 

Eugene Technology Co. Ltd.

     19,500        616,554  

HAESUNG DS Co. Ltd.

     27,000        1,022,982  

SK Hynix, Inc.

     111,650        14,790,876  

WONIK IPS Co. Ltd.*

     15,600        481,053  
     

 

 

 
        16,911,465  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail—0.8%

 

K Car Co. Ltd.

     103,984        1,056,519  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—23.9%

 

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

     434,000        26,082,320  

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Preference)

     152,500        7,611,611  
     

 

 

 
        33,693,931  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $101,850,433)

 

     138,995,293  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments—98.8% (Cost $101,850,433)

 

     138,995,293  

Other Assets Less Liabilities—1.2%

 

     1,756,009  
     

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

 

     140,751,302  
  

 

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets.


The Korea Fund, Inc.

SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

AS OF MARCH 31, 2024 (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, 2024 (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:

 

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

Investments in Securities

 

     

Common Stocks

 

     

Automobile Components

   $      $ 5,153,661      $      $ 5,153,661  

Automobiles

            7,711,647               7,711,647  

Banks

            10,744,012               10,744,012  

Biotechnology

            2,743,681               2,743,681  

Capital Markets

            4,754,299               4,754,299  

Chemicals

            11,315,645               11,315,645  

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail

            1,359,258               1,359,258  

Electrical Equipment

            1,450,251               1,450,251  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

            6,988,304               6,988,304  

Entertainment

            2,061,567               2,061,567  

Financial Services

            718,753               718,753  

Food Products

            2,906,704               2,906,704  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

            136,860               136,860  

Household Durables

            593,548               593,548  

Industrial Conglomerates

            2,034,789               2,034,789  

Insurance

            3,263,738               3,263,738  

Interactive Media & Services

            6,793,066               6,793,066  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

            4,332,624               4,332,624  

Machinery

            3,873,925               3,873,925  

Metals & Mining

            1,190,267               1,190,267  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

            3,446,130               3,446,130  

Passenger Airlines

            1,556,915               1,556,915  

Personal Care Products

     642,228                      642,228  

Pharmaceuticals

            1,018,564               1,018,564  

Professional Services

            542,942               542,942  


The Korea Fund, Inc.

SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

AS OF MARCH 31, 2024 (Unaudited) (continued)

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     481,053        16,430,412               16,911,465  

Specialty Retail

            1,056,519               1,056,519  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

            33,693,931               33,693,931  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

     1,123,281        137,872,012               138,995,293  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 1,123,281      $ 137,872,012      $      $ 138,995,293  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

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