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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001181431-09-005310.txt : 20090129
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090129173431
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001181431-09-005310
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080918
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090129
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090129

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Russell Chris
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001306899

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04058
		FILM NUMBER:		09555412

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-454-6856

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ANJIE LAROCCA, DEUTSCHE BANK
		STREET 2:		1251 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10154

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			KOREA FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000748691
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				133226146
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS
		STREET 2:		1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10105
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-739-3226

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS
		STREET 2:		1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10105
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    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2008-09-18</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2008-09-22</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000748691</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>KOREA FUND INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>KF</issuerTradingSymbol>
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    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001306899</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Russell Chris</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1345 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NEW YORK</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>10105</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-09-18</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>1100</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>16.09</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>1100</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This amended Form 4 is filed solely for the purpose of attaching a Power of Attorney, attached to this filing as Exhibit 24.1.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Thomas J. Fuccillo, Attorney in fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-01-27</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<SEQUENCE>2
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; POWER OF ATTORNEY<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Lagan Srivastava and <br>Thomas J. Fuccillo, signing singly, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,<br>the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1.  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; a Section 16 reporting person of the applicable registered investment companies<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; attached hereto as Schedule A, as amended from time to time, each, a Trust and,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; collectively, the Trusts, Form ID and Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordan
ce with <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;2.  do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; and any stock exchange or similar authority; and<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;3.  take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it b
eing understood<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; attorney-in-fact's discretion.<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;  The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority<br>to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper <br>to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to <br>all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with<br>full power of substitution and resubstitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and <br>confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,
 or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or <br>substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney <br>and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing<br>attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not<br>assuming, nor is any Trust assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply <br>with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned<br>is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's <br>holdings of and transactions in securities issued by any Trust, unless earlier revoked by<br>the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as<br>of this 20th day of April, 2007.<p>/s
/ Chris Russell<p>C. Russell<p><p><br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SCHEDULE A<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;FUND NAME AND SYMBOL<p>1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;THE KOREA FUND, INC.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KF<br>
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