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                             JOINT FILER INFORMATION
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Name:             City of London Investment Management Company Limited
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Address:          10 Eastcheap
-------           London EC3M ILX, England


Designated Filer: City of London Investment Group PLC
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Issuer and Ticker Symbol:  The Korea Fund, Inc. ("KF")
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Statement for
Month/Year:       August 2005
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Signature:        City of London Investment Management Company Limited
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                  By: /s/ Barry M Olliff
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                  Name:  Barry M Olliff, Director
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Name:             The Emerging World Fund
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Address:          IFSC House
-------           International Financial Services Centre
                  Dublin 1
                  Ireland


Designated Filer: City of London Investment Group PLC
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Issuer and Ticker Symbol:  The Korea Fund, Inc. ("KF")
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Statement for
Month/Year:       August 2005
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Signature:        City of London Investment Management Company Limited
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                  By: /s/ Barry M Olliff
                      -------------------------------
                  Name:  Barry M Olliff, Director
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Name:             Global Emerging Markets Country Fund
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Address:          10 Eastcheap
-------           London EC3M ILX, England


Designated Filer: City of London Investment Group PLC
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Issuer and Ticker Symbol:  The Korea Fund, Inc. ("KF")
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Statement for
Month/Year:       August 2005
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Signature:        City of London Investment Management Company Limited
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                  By: /s/ Barry M Olliff
                      -------------------------------
                  Name:  Barry M Olliff, Director
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                             JOINT FILER INFORMATION
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Name:             Investable Emerging Markets Country Fund
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Address:          10 Eastcheap
-------           London EC3M ILX, England


Designated Filer: City of London Investment Group PLC
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Issuer and Ticker Symbol:  The Korea Fund, Inc. ("KF")
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Statement for
Month/Year:       August 2005
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Signature:        City of London Investment Management Company Limited
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                  By: /s/ Barry M Olliff
                      -------------------------------
                  Name:  Barry M Olliff, Director
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                             JOINT FILER INFORMATION
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Name:             Emerging Markets Free Country Fund
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Address:          10 Eastcheap
-------           London EC3M ILX, England


Designated Filer: City of London Investment Group PLC
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Issuer and Ticker Symbol:  The Korea Fund, Inc. ("KF")
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Statement for
Month/Year:       August 2005
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Signature:        City of London Investment Management Company Limited
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                  By: /s/ Barry M Olliff
                      -------------------------------
                  Name:  Barry M Olliff, Director
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                             JOINT FILER INFORMATION
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Name:             GFM (Institutional) Emerging Markets Country Fund
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Address:          20 Queen Street
-------           West Suite 3206
                  Toronto, Ontario, MSH 3R3, Canada


Designated Filer: City of London Investment Group PLC
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Issuer and Ticker Symbol:  The Korea Fund, Inc. ("KF")
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Statement for
Month/Year:       August 2005
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Signature:        City of London Investment Management Company Limited
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                  By: /s/ Barry M Olliff
                      -------------------------------
                  Name:  Barry M Olliff, Director
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                             JOINT FILER INFORMATION
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Name:             The FOCUS Fund
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Address:          c/o Northern Trust Company
-------           801 South Canal Street
                  C-1-North
                  Chicago, IL 60607


Designated Filer: City of London Investment Group PLC
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Issuer and Ticker Symbol:  The Korea Fund, Inc. ("KF")
------------------------


Statement for
Month/Year:       August 2005
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Signature:        City of London Investment Management Company Limited
---------

                  By: /s/ Barry M Olliff
                      -------------------------------
                  Name:  Barry M. Olliff, Director
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