Investing in South Korea ETFs / South Korea ETF List

A list of South Korea ETFs consists of the Direxion Daily MSCI South Korea Bull 3X Shares (NYSEARCA: KORU) from Direxion tracking the MSCI Korea 25-50 Index; the Franklin FTSE South Korea ETF (NYSEARCA: FLKR) from Franklin Templeton tracking the FTSE South Korea RIC Capped Index; and the iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund (NYSEARCA: EWY) from iShares tracking the MSCI Korea Index MSCI Korea 25/50 Index.

Several South Korea ETFs have also liquidated: The Deutsche X-trackers MSCI South Korea Hedged Equity ETF (NYSEARCA: DBKO) from Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management had tracked the MSCI Korea 25/50 US Dollar Hedged Index; the First Trust South Korea AlphaDEX Fund (NYSEARCA: FKO) from First Trust had tracked the Defined South Korea Index; the Horizons Korea KOSPI 200 ETF (NYSEARCA: HKOR) from Horizons had tracked the KOSPI 200 Index; the SPDR MSCI South Korea Quality Mix ETF (NYSEARCA: QKOR) from State Street SPDR had tracked the MSCI Korea Quality Mix A-Series Index; and the WisdomTree Korea Hedged Equity Fund (NASDAQ: DXKW) from WisdomTree had tracked the WisdomTree Korea Hedged Equity Index.

Investors interested in investing in South Korea ETFs should check out our Asia Pacific ETF list, Asia Pacific closed-end fund list, South Korea closed-end fund list and South Korea ADR list pages.

South Korea ETF List*

ETFTickerMgr / AdvisorAsset ClassInceptionTracking Index
1Deutsche X-trackers MSCI South Korea Hedged Equity ETFDBKODWS Group (Deutsche Bank AG)Equities - EM2014/01/23 - 2019/11/12 LiquidatedMSCI Korea 25/50 US Dollar Hedged Index
2Direxion Daily MSCI South Korea Bull 3X SharesKORUDirexionLeveraged - Bull2013/04/11 MSCI Korea 25-50 Index (300%)
3First Trust South Korea AlphaDEX FundFKOFirst TrustEquities - EM2011/04/19 - 2020 ReorganizedDefined South Korea Index
4Franklin FTSE South Korea ETFFLKRFranklin TempletonEquities - EM2017/11/02FTSE South Korea RIC Capped Index (FTCRKOR.FGI)
5Horizons Korea KOSPI 200 ETFHKORHorizonsEquities - EM2014/03/04 - 2016/04/29 LiquidatedKOSPI 200 Index
6iShares MSCI South Korea Index FundEWYiSharesEquities - EM2000/05/09MSCI Korea 25/50 Index (M1KR2550)
7SPDR MSCI South Korea Quality Mix ETFQKORState Street SPDREquities - EM2014/09/17 - 2016/11/14 LiquidatedMSCI Korea Quality Mix A-Series Index
8WisdomTree Korea Hedged Equity Fund DXKWWisdomTreeEquities - EM2013/11/07 - 2017/03/22 LiquidatedWisdomTree Korea Hedged Equity Index

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