UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
_______________________________
Investment Company Act file number 811-4058
The Korea Fund, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
345 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10154
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Paul Schubert
345 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10154
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 454-7190
Date of fiscal year end: 06/30
Date of reporting period: 03/31/06
Form N-Q is to be used by registered management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (§§ 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-4). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.
A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.
ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
Investment Portfolio as of March 31, 2006 (Unaudited)
The Korea Fund, Inc.
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Shares |
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Value ($) | |||
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Common Stocks 80.8% | |||||
Consumer Discretionary 10.3% | ||||||
Auto Components 5.5% | ||||||
Hankook Tire Co., Ltd. |
|
2,576,393 |
|
38,980,009 | ||
Hyundai Mobis |
|
132,642 |
|
11,740,646 | ||
Nexen Tire Corp. |
|
191,661 |
|
3,945,266 | ||
Samsung Climate Control Co., Ltd. (a) |
|
560,224 |
|
4,797,307 | ||
| ||||||
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59,463,228 | |||||
Diversified Consumer Services 0.4% | ||||||
MegaStudy Co., Ltd.* |
|
59,500 |
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4,390,850 | ||
Hotels Restaurants & Leisure 1.4% | ||||||
Hana Tour Service, Inc. (b) |
|
88,800 |
|
6,854,673 | ||
Hotel Shilla Co., Ltd. (b) |
|
581,047 |
|
8,073,419 | ||
| ||||||
|
14,928,092 | |||||
Internet & Catalog Retail 0.3% | ||||||
GS Home Shopping, Inc. |
|
38,044 |
|
3,602,355 | ||
Media 1.2% | ||||||
Cheil Communications, Inc. |
|
46,953 |
|
10,027,530 | ||
Yedang Entertainment Co., Ltd.* |
|
360,584 |
|
3,340,115 | ||
| ||||||
|
13,367,645 | |||||
Multiline Retail 1.2% | ||||||
Taegu Department Store Co., Ltd. (a) |
|
735,080 |
|
13,012,944 | ||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 0.3% | ||||||
BYC Co., Ltd. (a) |
|
26,761 |
|
3,015,983 | ||
Consumer Staples 9.2% | ||||||
Beverages 0.3% | ||||||
Hite Brewery Co., Ltd. (b) |
|
26,146 |
|
3,727,070 | ||
Food & Staples Retailing 3.1% | ||||||
Shinsegae Co., Ltd. |
|
72,864 |
|
33,222,264 | ||
Food Products 3.5% | ||||||
CJ Corp.*(a) (b) |
|
67,424 |
|
7,806,917 | ||
Crown Confectionary Co., Ltd. (a) |
|
64,714 |
|
9,025,059 | ||
Nam Yang Dairy Products Co., Ltd. |
|
22,611 |
|
15,638,732 | ||
Nhong Shim Co., Ltd. (b) |
|
20,680 |
|
5,789,378 | ||
| ||||||
|
38,260,086 | |||||
Personal Products 0.2% | ||||||
Cosmax, Inc. |
|
283,600 |
|
1,599,555 | ||
Tobacco 2.1% | ||||||
KT&G Corp. |
|
396,585 |
|
22,368,112 | ||
Energy 5.1% | ||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels | ||||||
S-Oil Corp. (b) |
|
503,401 |
|
38,651,415 | ||
SK Corp. |
|
241,017 |
|
16,173,640 | ||
| ||||||
|
54,825,055 | |||||
Financials 17.5% | ||||
Banks 7.2% | ||||
Industrial Bank of Korea |
|
385,400 |
|
7,139,975 |
Jeonbuk Bank (a) |
|
1,757,473 |
|
16,840,339 |
Kookmin Bank |
|
560,638 |
|
48,412,442 |
Kookmin Bank (ADR) |
|
68,312 |
|
5,842,042 |
| ||||
|
78,234,798 | |||
Capital Markets 1.3% | ||||
Korea Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. |
|
262,439 |
|
9,399,833 |
Samsung Securities Co., Ltd. (b) |
|
89,300 |
|
4,779,333 |
| ||||
|
14,179,166 | |||
Consumer Finance 0.9% | ||||
LG Card Co., Ltd.* |
|
168,221 |
|
9,055,124 |
Insurance 8.1% | ||||
Korean Reinsurance Co. |
|
865,426 |
|
9,397,122 |
Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. (a) |
|
3,371,030 |
|
15,855,915 |
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. (a) |
|
474,810 |
|
62,796,506 |
| ||||
|
88,049,543 | |||
Health Care 0.5% | ||||
Pharmaceuticals | ||||
Choongwae Pharma Corp. |
|
1,799 |
|
59,992 |
Yuhan Corp. |
|
34,679 |
|
5,692,981 |
| ||||
|
5,752,973 | |||
Industrials 5.8% | ||||
Building Products 0.2% | ||||
Samwoo EMC Co., Ltd. (a) |
|
510,926 |
|
1,966,718 |
Commercial Services & Supplies 1.5% | ||||
Insun ENT Co., Ltd. (c) |
|
196,229 |
|
2,575,051 |
S1 Corp. |
|
306,554 |
|
13,535,577 |
| ||||
|
16,110,628 | |||
Construction & Engineering 0.2% | ||||
Samho International Co., Ltd. |
|
141,088 |
|
2,439,562 |
Electrical Equipment 2.3% | ||||
Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (a) (b) |
|
650,192 |
|
23,087,303 |
Wooree ETI Co., Ltd.* (b) |
|
194,200 |
|
2,518,444 |
| ||||
|
25,605,747 | |||
Machinery 0.0% | ||||
NEPES Corp.* |
|
26 |
|
341 |
Road & Rail 1.6% | ||||
Korea Express Co., Ltd.* |
|
219,344 |
|
17,157,415 |
Information Technology 20.3% | ||||
Electronic Equipment & Instruments 3.5% | ||||
Ace Digitech Co. Ltd.* |
|
286,535 |
|
3,140,796 |
INTOPS Co., Ltd. |
|
109,997 |
|
3,905,822 |
LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. (ADR)* (b) |
|
300,247 |
|
6,815,607 |
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. |
|
142,119 |
|
11,555,580 |
SE Co., Ltd. (a) (c) (d) |
|
636,950 |
|
2,058,484 |
SFA Engineering Corp. (a) (b) |
|
315,573 |
|
10,425,991 |
| ||||
|
37,902,280 |
Internet Software & Services 1.2% | ||||||
Ahnlab, Inc. (b) |
|
80,869 |
|
1,955,971 | ||
NHN Corp.* |
|
34,115 |
|
10,533,656 | ||
| ||||||
|
12,489,627 | |||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 15.6% | ||||||
Phicom Corp. (a) |
|
896,116 |
|
10,744,907 | ||
Phoenix PDE Co., Ltd. |
|
582,100 |
|
2,480,335 | ||
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (e) |
|
230,350 |
|
149,362,392 | ||
Simm Tech Co., Ltd. (b) |
|
739,583 |
|
7,330,367 | ||
| ||||||
|
169,918,001 | |||||
Materials 9.1% | ||||||
Chemicals 1.4% | ||||||
LG Chemical Ltd. (b) |
|
121,334 |
|
5,513,479 | ||
Samsung Fine Chemicals Co., Ltd. (b) |
|
249,682 |
|
6,887,070 | ||
Youlchon Chemical Co., Ltd. |
|
224,695 |
|
2,624,834 | ||
| ||||||
|
15,025,383 | |||||
Metals & Mining 7.7% | ||||||
Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., Ltd. (b) |
|
673,185 |
|
13,337,599 | ||
Korea Zinc Co., Ltd. (b) |
|
62,300 |
|
4,886,023 | ||
POSCO |
|
254,977 |
|
65,738,718 | ||
| ||||||
|
83,962,340 | |||||
Telecommunication Services 3.0% | ||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services | ||||||
SK Telecom Co., Ltd. |
|
165,724 |
|
32,834,366 | ||
| ||||||
Total Common Stocks (Cost $218,462,261) |
|
876,467,251 | ||||
|
Preferred Stocks 16.7% | |||||
Consumer Discretionary 6.7% | ||||||
Automobiles | ||||||
Hyundai Motor Co. (b) |
|
841,120 |
|
45,016,715 | ||
Hyundai Motor Co. (2nd) |
|
499,954 |
|
27,632,287 | ||
| ||||||
|
72,649,002 | |||||
Consumer Staples 1.5% | ||||||
Food Products | ||||||
CJ Corp. * |
|
176,578 |
|
11,704,017 | ||
CJ Corp. (2nd) * |
|
34,073 |
|
3,247,386 | ||
CJ Corp. (3rd) (Convertible) * |
|
20,126 |
|
1,843,571 | ||
| ||||||
|
16,794,974 | |||||
Energy 0.6% | ||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels | ||||||
S-Oil Corp. |
|
105,626 |
|
6,196,667 | ||
Financials 3.0% | ||||||
Capital Markets 0.6% | ||||||
Daishin Securities Co., Ltd. |
|
399,181 |
|
6,039,482 | ||
Insurance 2.4% | ||||||
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. |
|
360,865 |
|
26,110,343 | ||
Information Technology 4.9% | ||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment | ||||||
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (e) |
|
103,764 |
|
53,131,525 | ||
| ||||||
Total Preferred Stocks (Cost $21,711,826) |
|
180,921,993 | ||||
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Principal |
|
Value ($) | |||||
|
Convertible Bond 0.0% | ||||||||
Consumer Staples | |||||||||
Haitai Confectionery Loan Certificates Zero Coupon, 11/28/2009 (c) (f) (g) (Cost $0) |
|
8,119,549 |
|
7,457 | |||||
|
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Shares |
|
Value ($) | |||||
|
Securities Lending Collateral 5.5% | ||||||||
Daily Assets Fund Institutional, 4.73% (h) (i) |
|
|
59,966,245 |
|
59,966,245 | ||||
|
Cash Equivalents 0.4% | ||||||||
Cash Management QP Trust, 4.64% (j) |
|
|
4,031,180 |
|
4,031,180 | ||||
|
% of |
|
Value ($) | ||||||
| |||||||||
Total Investment Portfolio (Cost $ 304,171,513) |
103.4 |
|
1,121,394,126 | ||||||
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net |
(3.4) |
|
(37,388,611) | ||||||
| |||||||||
Net Assets |
100.0 |
|
1,084,005,515 | ||||||
|
For information on the Fund's policies regarding the valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to the Fund's most recent semi-annual or annual financial statements. | ||||||||
* |
Non-income producing security.
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(a) |
Affiliated issuer. An affiliated issuer is a company in which the Fund has ownership of at least 5% of the voting securities A summary of the Funds transactions during the nine months ended March 31, 2006 with companies which are or were affiliates is as follows: | ||||||||
Affiliate |
Value at June 30, 2005 ($) |
Common/ Preferred Shares |
Total Purchase Cost ($) |
Total Sales (Cost) ($) |
Total Realized Gain/(Loss) ($) |
Dividend Income ($) |
Value at March, 31, 2006 ($) | ||||
Anycell ** |
- |
- |
- |
2,020,774 |
(2,020,774) |
- |
- |
| |||
BYC Co., Ltd. |
2,257,028 |
26,761 |
- |
836,312 |
168,994 |
16,536 |
3,015,983 |
| |||
CJ Corp. |
7,380,024 |
67,424 |
- |
2,167,455 |
1,737,353 |
83,324 |
7,806,917 |
| |||
Crown Confectionary Co., Ltd |
14,702,465 |
64,714 |
- |
3,813,645 |
(336,246) |
53,316 |
9,025,059 |
| |||
Daeyang E&C ltd. |
9,144,525 |
- |
- |
7,811,256 |
2,450,762 |
- |
- |
| |||
Interflex Co., Ltd. |
13,148,793 |
- |
- |
9,730,664 |
(2,927,195) |
55,921 |
- |
| |||
Jeonbuk Bank |
15,311,560 |
1,757,473 |
- |
7,618,294 |
3,540,644 |
155,465 |
16,840,339 |
| |||
Meritz Fire & Marine Insurance Co. |
12,983,002 |
3,371,030 |
- |
416,362 |
314,241 |
288,639 |
15,855,915 |
| |||
Phicom Corp. |
6,831,582 |
896,116 |
2,382,867 |
4,314,498 |
1,949,906 |
124,906 |
10,744,907 |
| |||
Samsung Climate Control Co., Ltd. |
4,467,342 |
560,224 |
- |
1,568,677 |
633,879 |
13,847 |
4,797,307 |
| |||
Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. |
79,187,981 |
474,810 |
- |
50,350,175 |
44,806,926 |
465,023 |
62,796,506 |
Samwoo EMC Co., Ltd. |
2,995,292 |
510,926 |
- |
1,152,123 |
476,082 |
63,141 |
1,966,718 |
SE Co., Ltd. |
1,933,323 |
636,950 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2,058,484 |
Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd. |
29,385,634 |
650,192 |
- |
8,544,110 |
4,014,409 |
187,488 |
23,087,303 |
SFA Engineering Co. |
12,005,567 |
315,573 |
- |
3,653,569 |
1,940,423 |
285,993 |
10,425,991 |
Sung Shin Cement ** |
5,232,964 |
- |
- |
5,076,794 |
194,047 |
92,416 |
- |
Taegu Department Store Co., Ltd. |
12,345,615 |
735,080 |
- |
7,608,179 |
3,558,444 |
447,675 |
13,012,944 |
|
|
|
2,382,867 |
116,682,887 |
60,501,895 |
2,333,690 |
181,434,373 |
|
** Not an affiliate at 3/31/2006 |
(b) |
All or a portion of these securities were on loan. The value of all securities loaned at March 31, 2006 amounted to $57,230,547 which is 5.3% of net assets. |
(c) |
Securities valued at fair value by management and approved in good faith following procedures approved by the Directors, amounted to $4,640,992 (0.4% of net assets at March 31, 2006). Their values have been estimated by management in the absence of readily ascertainable market values. However, because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated values may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market for the securities existed, and the difference could be material. The cost of these securities at March 31, 2006 aggregated $4,320,461. The securities may also have certain restrictions as to resale. |
(d) |
The Fund may purchase securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale ("restricted securities"). Restricted securities are securities which have not been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933. The fund may be unable to sell a restricted security and it may be more difficult to determine a market value for a restricted security. Moreover, if adverse market conditions were to develop during the period between the Fund's decision to sell a restricted security and the point at which the Fund is permitted or able to sell such security, the Fund might obtain a price less favorable than the price that prevailed when it decided to sell. This investment practice, therefore, could have the effect of increasing the level of illiquidity of the Fund. The future value of these securities is uncertain and there may be changes in the estimated value of these securities. A Shareholder of SE Co. Ltd. has given the Fund a put option at cost, payable on demand until it has an initial public offering. Information concerning the private placement security at March 31, 2006 is as follows: |
Restricted |
Acquisition |
|
|
As a % of |
Securities |
Date |
Cost ($) |
Value ($) |
Net Assets |
SE Co., Ltd. |
12/22/2000 |
1,616,637 |
2,058,484 |
0.2 |
(e) |
At March 31, 2006, 18.7% of the Fund's net assets is invested in Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
(f) |
Company in restructuring process, principal only subject to repayment. |
(g) |
Principal amount stated in Korean Won. |
(h) |
Daily Assets Fund Institutional, an affiliated fund, is managed by Deutsche Asset Management, Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end. |
(i) |
Represents collateral held in connection with securities lending. |
(j) |
Cash Management QP Trust, an affiliated fund, is managed by Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end. |
ADR: American Depositary Receipt |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Registrant: |
The Korea Fund, Inc. |
By: |
/s/Michael Colon | |
|
Michael Colon |
|
President
Date: |
May 19, 2006 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Registrant: |
The Korea Fund, Inc. |
By: |
/s/Michael Colon | |
|
Michael Colon |
|
President
Date: |
May 19, 2006 |
By: |
/s/Paul Schubert | |
|
Paul Schubert |
|
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Date: May 19, 2006