Exhibit M-6
[Yulchon Letterhead]
February 3, 2025
The Korea Development Bank
14 Eunhaeng-ro, Yeongdeungpo-gu
Seoul 07242
Republic of Korea
Re: | The Korea Development Bank / US$900,000,000 4.625% Notes Due 2028, US$1,200,000,000 4.875% Notes Due 2030, and US$900,000,000 Floating Rate Notes Due 2030 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as Korean counsel for The Korea Development Bank of Korea (the “Issuer”), a statutory juridical entity duly established pursuant to the Korea Development Bank Act of 1953, as amended (the “KDB Act”) and validly existing under the laws of the Republic of Korea (“Korea”), in connection with the Issuer’s offering, pursuant to a registration statement, as amended (Registration No. 333-280021, the “Registration Statement”), under Schedule B of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) when it became effective, of US$900,000,000 4.625% Notes Due 2028 (the “2028 Notes”), US$1,200,000,000 4.875% Notes Due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”), and US$900,000,000 Floating Rate Notes Due 2030 (the “Floating Rate Notes” and together with the 2028 Notes and the 2030 Notes, the “Notes”) to be issued under the Fiscal Agency Agreement dated February 15, 1991, as amended on June 25, 2004 (collectively, the “Fiscal Agency Agreement”) by and between the Issuer and The Bank of New York Mellon as fiscal agent.
In connection with providing legal opinions set forth herein, we have examined the originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of the documents, records, certificates of public officials and other instruments, as we have deemed necessary or advisable as a basis for this opinion:
| 1. | a copy of the Registration Statement; |
| 2. | a copy of the prospectus dated June 17, 2024 contained in the Registration Statement (the “Base Prospectus”) as supplemented by the preliminary prospectus supplement dated January 22, 2025 relating to the Notes (as supplemented, the “Preliminary Prospectus”); |
| 3. | the Base Prospectus as supplemented by the prospectus supplement dated January 23, 2025 relating to the Notes (as supplemented, the “Prospectus”); |
| 4. | an executed copy of the Fiscal Agency Agreement; |
| 5. | an executed copy of the Notes in global form; |
| 6. | copies of the articles of incorporation of the Issuer currently in effect and the commercial registry extracts of the Issuer dated February 3, 2025; |
| 7. | a copy of the minutes of the meeting of the board of directors of the Issuer held on December 26, 2024; |
| 8. | copies of the internal regulations of the board of directors of the Issuer currently in effect and the selected pages of the Issuer’s internal regulations on the authorized levels of approval currently in effect (the “Regulations”); |
| 9. | a copy of the approval of the issuance, offering and sale of the Notes dated December 23, 2024 made by an authorized person of the Issuer; |
| 10. | a copy of the seal impression certificate of the Issuer dated January 3, 2025; and |
| 11. | a copy of the report filed with the Ministry of Economy and Finance of Korea (the “MOEF”) dated January 10, 2025 with respect to the issuance of the Notes. |