0001752724-23-265918.txt : 20231127 0001752724-23-265918.hdr.sgml : 20231127 20231127094649 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001752724-23-265918 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NPORT-P PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20230930 FILED AS OF DATE: 20231127 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20231127 PERIOD START: 20240630 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KOREA FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000748691 IRS NUMBER: 133226146 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0630 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: NPORT-P SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-04058 FILM NUMBER: 231437897 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: JPMORGAN ASSET MANAGEMENT STREET 2: 60 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: EC4Y 0JP BUSINESS PHONE: 212-739-3000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: JPMORGAN ASSET MANAGEMENT STREET 2: 60 VICTORIA EMBANKMENT CITY: LONDON STATE: X0 ZIP: EC4Y 0JP NPORT-P 1 primary_doc.xml NPORT-P false 0000748691 XXXXXXXX Korea Fund, Inc. 811-04058 0000748691 549300M4Y1IG0WPTKC03 60 Victoria Embankment London GB EC4Y 0JP 1-866-706-0510 Korea Fund, Inc. 549300M4Y1IG0WPTKC03 2024-06-30 2023-09-30 N 123451663.86 312954.56 123138709.30 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 0.00000000 667009.60000000 N N/A N/A SK, Inc. 988400GMME8AOAFMDK34 SK, Inc. 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N/A 16230.00000000 NS 5942390.32000000 4.825769535656 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N K Car Co. Ltd. N/A K Car Co. Ltd. N/A 98213.00000000 NS 785402.27000000 0.637819150829 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Hwaseung Enterprise Co. Ltd. N/A Hwaseung Enterprise Co. Ltd. N/A 54206.00000000 NS 302188.65000000 0.245405081568 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N HK inno N Corp. N/A HK inno N Corp. N/A 26852.00000000 NS 837873.96000000 0.680431007246 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N NAVER Corp. 988400ULUQYDB2HQYJ61 NAVER Corp. N/A 33080.00000000 NS 4945947.83000000 4.016566243154 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Lotte Chemical Corp. 988400TPNFJZDPI94Y56 Lotte Chemical Corp. N/A 7200.00000000 NS 730980.65000000 0.593623771237 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N ST Pharm Co. Ltd. N/A ST Pharm Co. Ltd. N/A 18900.00000000 NS 1069817.91000000 0.868790907490 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N SK IE Technology Co. Ltd. 988400ZA9LM3JZBI5088 SK IE Technology Co. Ltd. N/A 25600.00000000 NS 1398649.67000000 1.135832654045 Long EC CORP KR Y 2 N N N Kia Corp. 988400V8MJK9N7OI5X76 Kia Corp. N/A 21600.00000000 NS 1300109.94000000 1.055809296191 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N LG H&H Co. Ltd. N/A LG H&H Co. Ltd. N/A 1880.00000000 NS 620230.29000000 0.503684254549 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N AfreecaTV Co. Ltd. N/A AfreecaTV Co. Ltd. N/A 14900.00000000 NS 925483.58000000 0.751578106722 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Suheung Co. Ltd. N/A Suheung Co. Ltd. N/A 24000.00000000 NS 510373.22000000 0.414470171809 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N KakaoBank Corp. N/A KakaoBank Corp. N/A 34000.00000000 NS 588404.27000000 0.477838588161 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. 988400SYR92543UITC37 Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. N/A 48300.00000000 NS 1159733.35000000 0.941810545678 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Yuhan Corp. N/A Yuhan Corp. N/A 14233.00000000 NS 798956.27000000 0.648826250122 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Hansol Chemical Co. Ltd. N/A Hansol Chemical Co. Ltd. N/A 7000.00000000 NS 866362.38000000 0.703566234310 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Orion Corp. N/A Orion Corp. N/A 13900.00000000 NS 1324974.00000000 1.076001208338 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Zinus, Inc. N/A Zinus, Inc. N/A 32446.00000000 NS 533156.50000000 0.432972298500 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd. N/A Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd. N/A 38500.00000000 NS 1511682.14000000 1.227625454735 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Kakao Corp. 988400FTKUBQXKVZP434 Kakao Corp. N/A 17600.00000000 NS 574404.24000000 0.466469271332 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd. N/A Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd. N/A 5200.00000000 NS 2624892.85000000 2.131655321808 Long EC CORP KR Y 2 N N N Nexon Games Co. Ltd. N/A Nexon Games Co. Ltd. N/A 45100.00000000 NS 506221.57000000 0.411098648733 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Hotel Shilla Co. Ltd. N/A Hotel Shilla Co. Ltd. N/A 21200.00000000 NS 1326763.19000000 1.077454195794 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. 9884002AESDO4YW87G32 Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. N/A 5650.00000000 NS 2135206.46000000 1.733984765747 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Hyundai Motor Co. 9884004RQX8PRBXQ8S60 Hyundai Motor Co. (Preference) N/A 46000.00000000 NS 3605919.38000000 2.928339431603 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Dongsung Finetec Co. Ltd. N/A Dongsung Finetec Co. Ltd. N/A 62300.00000000 NS 562939.39000000 0.457158754708 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Hugel, Inc. N/A Hugel, Inc. N/A 14900.00000000 NS 1376652.37000000 1.117968815676 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. 988400C2UFBF4B660C58 Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd. N/A 81900.00000000 NS 1318539.96000000 1.070776173873 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N POSCO Holdings, Inc. 988400E5HRVX81AYLM04 POSCO Holdings, Inc. N/A 7500.00000000 NS 2954766.17000000 2.399542911239 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. N/A Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd. N/A 24600.00000000 NS 2499712.16000000 2.029997044966 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. 988400JMBDK47EW0Z936 Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. N/A 9000.00000000 NS 1730935.80000000 1.405679667945 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N KIWOOM Securities Co. Ltd. 988400O27CNGJA2QWJ18 KIWOOM Securities Co. Ltd. N/A 19853.00000000 NS 1387274.63000000 1.126595071432 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N SK Innovation Co. Ltd. 988400PXP70BWVSJVF07 SK Innovation Co. Ltd. N/A 16150.00000000 NS 1771985.61000000 1.439015903344 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. 988400HJA9E0ZVDHRS65 Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. N/A 23850.00000000 NS 4244784.28000000 3.447156709803 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N DL Holdings Co. Ltd. 988400LJMYZ3ZOXJVE47 DL Holdings Co. Ltd. N/A 37000.00000000 NS 1160856.23000000 0.942722427901 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N KB Financial Group, Inc. 529900TKE4MXG3Q6GW86 KB Financial Group, Inc. N/A 126800.00000000 NS 5171779.10000000 4.199962082922 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N SK Hynix, Inc. 988400XAIK6XISWQV045 SK Hynix, Inc. N/A 118800.00000000 NS 10058165.25000000 8.168158743239 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N BGF retail Co. Ltd. N/A BGF retail Co. Ltd. N/A 14650.00000000 NS 1531545.22000000 1.243756109436 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd. N/A Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd. N/A 11300.00000000 NS 1121240.21000000 0.910550562348 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd. 988400VYE6E0WYSM4S92 Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd. N/A 26500.00000000 NS 1378552.77000000 1.119512115919 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Coway Co. Ltd. N/A Coway Co. Ltd. N/A 8600.00000000 NS 262545.19000000 0.213210932201 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N S-Oil Corp. 988400QTUXYDN8W3MZ32 S-Oil Corp. N/A 37300.00000000 NS 2181536.38000000 1.771608937921 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 9884007ER46L6N7EI764 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Preference) N/A 163300.00000000 NS 6578780.46000000 5.342577080268 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Hana Financial Group, Inc. N/A Hana Financial Group, Inc. N/A 103400.00000000 NS 3239366.53000000 2.630664677593 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N SKC Co. Ltd. N/A SKC Co. Ltd. N/A 30800.00000000 NS 1729203.90000000 1.404273205257 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N HSD Engine Co. Ltd. 9884003YHS5XI9WJAL96 HSD Engine Co. Ltd. N/A 110000.00000000 NS 719474.61000000 0.584279804530 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N NCSoft Corp. N/A NCSoft Corp. N/A 8400.00000000 NS 1381050.00000000 1.121540097221 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Hy-Lok Corp. N/A Hy-Lok Corp. N/A 33222.00000000 NS 670094.52000000 0.544178612728 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. 9884007ER46L6N7EI764 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. N/A 443900.00000000 NS 22440980.01000000 18.22414749802 Long EC CORP KR N 2 N N N 2023-10-30 Korea Fund, Inc. Neil S. Martin Neil S. Martin Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer XXXX NPORT-EX 2 TKFINC.htm HTML

The Korea Fund, Inc.

SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Investments

   Shares      Value ($)  
               

COMMON STOCKS—99.3%

 

Automobile Components—4.8%

 

Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd.

     54,900        1,605,882  

Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.

     23,850        4,244,784  
     

 

 

 
        5,850,666  
     

 

 

 

Automobiles—4.0%

 

Hyundai Motor Co. (Preference)

     46,000        3,605,919  

Kia Corp.

     21,600        1,300,110  
     

 

 

 
        4,906,029  
     

 

 

 

Banks—7.3%

 

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

     103,400        3,239,367  

KakaoBank Corp.

     34,000        588,404  

KB Financial Group, Inc.

     126,800        5,171,779  
     

 

 

 
        8,999,550  
     

 

 

 

Biotechnology—1.1%

 

Hugel, Inc.*

     14,900        1,376,652  
     

 

 

 

Capital Markets—2.4%

 

KIWOOM Securities Co. Ltd.

     19,853        1,387,275  

Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd.

     38,500        1,511,682  
     

 

 

 
        2,898,957  
     

 

 

 

Chemicals—11.0%

 

DL Holdings Co. Ltd.

     37,000        1,160,856  

Dongsung Finetec Co. Ltd.

     62,300        562,940  

Hansol Chemical Co. Ltd.

     7,000        866,362  

Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd.

     11,300        1,121,240  

LG Chem Ltd.

     16,230        5,942,390  

Lotte Chemical Corp.

     7,200        730,981  

SK IE Technology Co. Ltd.*(a)

     25,600        1,398,650  

SKC Co. Ltd.

     30,800        1,729,204  
     

 

 

 
        13,512,623  
     

 

 

 

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail—1.2%

 

BGF retail Co. Ltd.

     14,650        1,531,545  
     

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components—3.8%

 

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co. Ltd.

     24,600        2,499,712  

Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.

     5,650        2,135,207  
     

 

 

 
        4,634,919  
     

 

 

 

Entertainment—2.9%

 

NCSoft Corp.

     8,400        1,381,050  

Nexon Games Co. Ltd.*

     45,100        506,222  

SM Entertainment Co. Ltd.

     11,200        1,064,862  

YG Entertainment, Inc.

     13,500        628,771  
     

 

 

 
        3,580,905  
     

 

 

 

Food Products—2.5%

 

CJ CheilJedang Corp.

     7,550        1,713,869  

Orion Corp.

     13,900        1,324,974  
     

 

 

 
        3,038,843  
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies—0.4%

 

Suheung Co. Ltd.

     24,000        510,373  
     

 

 

 

Household Durables—0.6%

 

Coway Co. Ltd.

     8,600        262,545  

Zinus, Inc.

     32,446        533,157  
     

 

 

 
        795,702  
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates—1.2%

 

SK, Inc.

     14,000        1,513,775  
     

 

 

 

Insurance—3.5%

 

Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd.

     48,300        1,159,733  

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd.

     9,000        1,730,936  

Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

     26,500        1,378,553  
     

 

 

 
        4,269,222  
     

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services—5.2%

 

AfreecaTV Co. Ltd.

     14,900        925,484  

Kakao Corp.

     17,600        574,404  

NAVER Corp.

     33,080        4,945,948  
     

 

 

 
        6,445,836  
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services—3.0%

 

Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd.*(a)

     5,200        2,624,893  

ST Pharm Co. Ltd.

     18,900        1,069,818  
     

 

 

 
        3,694,711  
     

 

 

 

Machinery—1.1%

 

HSD Engine Co. Ltd.*

     110,000        719,475  

Hy-Lok Corp.

     33,222        670,094  
     

 

 

 
        1,389,569  
     

 

 

 

Marine Transportation—0.7%

 

Pan Ocean Co. Ltd.

     231,500        847,614  
     

 

 

 

Metals & Mining—2.4%

 

POSCO Holdings, Inc.

     7,500        2,954,766  
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—3.2%

 

SK Innovation Co. Ltd.*

     16,150        1,771,986  

S-Oil Corp.

     37,300        2,181,536  
     

 

 

 
        3,953,522  
     

 

 

 

Passenger Airlines—1.1%

 

Korean Air Lines Co. Ltd.

     81,900        1,318,540  
     

 

 

 

Personal Care Products—0.5%

 

LG H&H Co. Ltd.

     1,880        620,230  
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals—1.3%

 

HK inno N Corp.

     26,852        837,874  

Yuhan Corp.

     14,233        798,956  
     

 

 

 
        1,636,830  
     

 

 

 

Professional Services—0.4%

 

NICE Information Service Co. Ltd.

     71,554        523,931  
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—8.2%

 

SK Hynix, Inc.

     118,800        10,058,165  
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail—1.7%

 

Hotel Shilla Co. Ltd.

     21,200        1,326,763  

K Car Co. Ltd.*

     98,213        785,402  
     

 

 

 
        2,112,165  
     

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals—23.6%

 

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

     443,900        22,440,980  

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Preference)

     163,300        6,578,781  
     

 

 

 
        29,019,761  
     

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—0.2%

 

Hwaseung Enterprise Co. Ltd.

     54,206        302,189  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(COST $106,589,866)

 

     122,297,590  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments—99.3% (Cost $106,589,866)

 

     122,297,590  

Other Assets Less Liabilities—0.7%

 

     841,119  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets—100.0%

 

     123,138,709  
  

 

 

 

 

Percentages indicated are based on net assets.


The Korea Fund, Inc.

SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS

AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 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 SEPTEMBER 30, 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)

   $      $ 122,297,590               122,297,590  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Please refer to the SOI for specifics of portfolio holdings.