SCHEDULE 13D
DATE OF EVENT WHICH REQUIRES FILING OF THIS STATEMENT
9/23/16
1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
Bulldog Investors, LLC
2. CHECK THE BOX IF MEMBER OF A GROUP a[ ]
b[]
3. SEC USE ONLY
4. SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC
5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) AND 2(e) []
6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
DE
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7. SOLE VOTING POWER
270,721
8. SHARED VOTING POWER
284,446
9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
270,721
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10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
284,446
11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
555,167 (Footnote 1)
12. CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
[]
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13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY ROW 11
5.70%
14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IA
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1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
Phillip Goldstein
2. CHECK THE BOX IF MEMBER OF A GROUP a[]
b[]
3. SEC USE ONLY
4. SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC
5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) AND 2(e) []
6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
USA
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7. SOLE VOTING POWER
270,721
8. SHARED VOTING POWER
284,446
9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
270,721
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10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
284,446
11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
555,167 (Footnote 1)
12. CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
[]
___________________________________________________________
13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY ROW 11
5.70%
14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN
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1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
Andrew Dakos
2. CHECK THE BOX IF MEMBER OF A GROUP a[]
b[]
3. SEC USE ONLY
4. SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC
5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) AND 2(e) []
6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
USA
___________________________________________________________
7. SOLE VOTING POWER
270,721
8. SHARED VOTING POWER
284,446
9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
270,721
_______________________________________________________
10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
284,446
11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
555,167 (Footnote 1)
12. CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
[]
___________________________________________________________
13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY ROW 11
5.70%
14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN
___________________________________________________________
1. NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
Steven Samuels
2. CHECK THE BOX IF MEMBER OF A GROUP a[]
b[]
3. SEC USE ONLY
4. SOURCE OF FUNDS
WC
5. CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) AND 2(e) []
6. CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
USA
___________________________________________________________
7. SOLE VOTING POWER
270,721
8. SHARED VOTING POWER
284,446
9. SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
270,721
_______________________________________________________
10. SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
284,446
11. AGGREGATE AMOUNT OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
555,167 (Footnote 1)
12. CHECK IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
[]
___________________________________________________________
13. PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY ROW 11
5.70%
14. TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON
IN
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Item 1. SECURITY AND ISSUER
This Schedule 13D relates to the shares of Common Stock
of Korea Equity Fund ("KEF" or the "Issuer").
The principal executive offices of KEF are located at
WORLDWIDE PLAZA
309 WEST 49TH STREET
NEW YORK NY 10019
Item 2. IDENTITY AND BACKGROUND
(a) This statement is filed on behalf of Bulldog Investors,LLC, (a Delaware
Limited Liability Company), Phillip Goldstein, Andrew Dakos and Steven Samuels.
(b) The business address of the reporting persons is Park 80 West-Plaza Two,
250 Pehle Ave., Suite 708, Saddle Brook, NJ 07663.
(c) Bulldog Investors,LLC is a registered investment adviser.
Messrs. Goldstein, Dakos and Samuels are control persons of Bulldog
Investors,LLC.
(d) n/a
(e) n/a
(f) Each of Messrs. Goldstein, Dakos and Samuels is a citizen of the United
States.
ITEM 3. SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS AND OTHER CONSIDERATIONS
Shares of the Issuer have been accumulated on behalf of clients of
Bulldog Investors,LLC.
ITEM 4. PURPOSE OF TRANSACTION
After an announcement on September 21, 2016 that the Fund's proposed merger
with another closed-end fund would not be completed in a timely fashion, a
shareholder owning more than 40% of the Fund's shares indicated that it
intends to propose that the Fund's advisory agreement be terminated.
Given the small size of the Fund and the likelihood that shareholders will
approve such a proposal, the filing persons believe that the Fund is likely
to be liquidated, in which case the discount of the trading price of the
shares to their net asset value will be eliminated.
ITEM 5. INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER
(a) As per the N-CSRS filed on June 24, 2016, there were 9,740,623 shares
of common stock outstanding as of April 30, 2016. The percentages set forth
herein were derived using such number. Phillip Goldstein, Andrew Dakos and
Steven Samuels own Bulldog Investors, LLC, a registered investment advisor.
As of September 30, 2016, Bulldog Investors, LLC is deemed to be the beneficial
owner of 555,167 shares of KEF (representing 5.70% of KEF's outstanding
shares) solely by virtue of Bulldog Investors LLC's power to direct the vote
of,and dispose of, these shares. These 555,167 shares of KEF include 270,721
shares (representing 2.78% of KEF's outstanding shares) that are beneficially
owned by the following entities over which Messrs. Goldstein, Dakos and
Samuels exercise control: Opportunity Partners LP, Calapasas West Partners LP,
Full Value Special Situations Fund, LP, Full Value Offshore Fund, Ltd.,
Opportunity Income Plus, Full Value Partners, LP, and MCM Opportunity
Partners, LP (collectively, "Bulldog Investors Group of Funds"). Bulldog
Investors Group of Funds may be deemed to constitute a group. All other shares
included in the aforementioned 555,167 shares of KEF beneficially owned by
Bulldog Investors LLC (solely by virtue of its power to sell or direct the
vote of these shares) are also beneficially owned by clients of Bulldog
Investors, LLC who are not members of any group. The total number of these
"non-group" shares is 284,446 (representing 2.92% of KEF's outstanding
shares).
(b)Bulldog Investors,LLC has sole power to dispose of and vote 270,721 shares.
Bulldog Investors, LLC has shared power to dispose of and vote 284,446 shares.
Certain of Bulldog Investors, LLC's clients (none of whom beneficially own more
than 5% of KEF's shares) share this power with Bulldog Investors, LLC. Messrs.
Goldstein, Dakos and Samuels are control persons of Bulldog Investors, LLC.
c) During the past 60 days the following shares of KEF were purchased:
Date: Shares: Price:
08/01/16 17,219 8.1325
08/02/16 268 8.0800
08/09/16 30,700 8.1709
08/10/16 29,996 8.1667
08/11/16 1,000 8.1990
08/12/16 7,961 8.2163
08/16/16 1,931 8.2500
08/17/16 3,904 8.0927
08/18/16 1,600 8.1197
09/08/16 2,196 8.3200
09/09/16 1,766 8.1500
09/12/16 300 7.9000
09/13/16 202 7.8500
09/20/16 218 8.1900
09/21/16 1,366 8.2888
09/23/16 115,738 8.3800
09/23/16 5,500 8.3818
09/26/16 6,068 8.3683
09/27/16 2,300 8.4043
d) Clients of Bulldog Investors, LLC are entitled to receive any dividends or
sales proceeds.
e) N/A
ITEM 6. CONTRACTS,ARRANGEMENTS,UNDERSTANDINGS OR RELATIONSHIPS
WITH RESPECT TO SECURITIES OF THE ISSUER.
N/A
ITEM 7. MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS
Exhibit A
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge
and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this
statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: 10/03/16
By: /S/ Phillip Goldstein
Name: Phillip Goldstein
By: /S/ Andrew Dakos
Name: Andrew Dakos
By: /S/ Steven Samuels
Name: Steven Samuels
Bulldog Investors, LLC
By: /s/ Andrew Dakos
Andrew Dakos, Member
Footnote 1: The reporting persons disclaim beneficial ownership except
to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein.
Exhibit 1:
Agreement to Make Joint Filing
Agreement made as of the 3RD day of October, 2016, by and among
Bulldog Investors, LLC, Phillip Goldstein, Andrew Dakos, and Steven Samuels.
WHEREAS, Rule 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 provides
that whenever two or more persons are required to file a statement containing
the information required by Schedule 13D with respect to the same securities,
only one such statement need be filed, so long as, among other things, such
filing includes as an exhibit an agreement among such persons that such a
statement is filed on behalf of each of them;
WHEREAS, in connection with certain holdings of Korea Equity FUnd (KEF),
each of the parties to this Agreement is required to file a statement
containing the information required by Schedule 13D with respect
to the same holdings of KEF;
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree that one statement containing the
information required by Schedule 13D shall be filed on behalf of each party
hereto.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties
hereto as of the day and year first written above.
By:/s/ Phillip Goldstein By:/s/ Andrew Dakos
Phillip Goldstein Andrew Dakos
BULLDOG INVESTORS, LLC
By: /s/ Steven Samuels By: /s/ Andrew Dakos
Steven Samuels Andrew Dakos, Member