<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001752724-19-119217.txt : 20190906
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001752724-19-119217
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-CEN
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190630
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190906
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190906
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20190906

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:		N-CEN
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04058
		FILM NUMBER:		191079563

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS FUND MANAGEMENT
		STREET 2:		1633 BROADWAY
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019
		BUSINESS PHONE:		212-739-3000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS FUND MANAGEMENT
		STREET 2:		1633 BROADWAY
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10019
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<FILENAME>NCEN_8334054246507788.txt
<TEXT>
Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of The Korea
Fund, Inc.

In planning and performing our audit of the financial
statements of The Korea Fund, Inc., (the "Fund") as of
and for the year ended June 30, 2019, in accordance
with the standards of the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we
considered the Fund's internal control over financial
reporting, including controls over safeguarding
securities, as a basis for designing our auditing
procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on
the financial statements and to comply with the
requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of
expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's
internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we
do not express an opinion on the effectiveness of the
Fund's internal control over financial reporting.

The management of the Fund is responsible for
establishing and maintaining effective internal control
over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility,
estimates and judgments by management are required to
assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls.
A fund's internal control over financial reporting is a
process designed to provide reasonable assurance
regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the
preparation of financial statements for external purposes
in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles. A fund's internal control over financial
reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1)
pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable
detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
dispositions of the assets of the fund; (2) provide
reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as
necessary to permit preparation of financial statements
in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the
fund are being made only in accordance with
authorizations of management and directors of the fund;
and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding
prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use or disposition of a fund's assets that
could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect
misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of
effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that
controls may become inadequate because of changes in
conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the
policies or procedures may deteriorate.

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting
exists when the design or operation of a control does not
allow management or employees, in the normal course of
performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect
misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is
a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal
control over financial reporting, such that there is a
reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of
the Fund's annual or interim financial statements will
not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.

Our consideration of the Fund's internal control over
financial reporting was for the limited purpose described
in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose
all deficiencies in internal control over financial
reporting that might be material weaknesses under
standards established by the PCAOB. However, we noted
no deficiencies in the Fund's internal control over
financial reporting and its operation, including controls
over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be material
weaknesses as defined above as of June 30, 2019.

This report is intended solely for the information and use
of management and the Board of Directors of The Korea
Fund, Inc. and the Securities and Exchange Commission
and is not intended to be and should not be used by
anyone other than these specified parties.


/s/PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York
August 23, 2019








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