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Foreign Stocks You Can Actually Buy: South Korea

By Jordan DiPietro – Updated Apr 6, 2017 at 12:07PM

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Finding foreign stocks on U.S. indices can be difficult, so here's a start.

As markets become more globalized and economies become more entwined, it's impossible to ignore the importance of investing in international stocks. Mutual funds, index funds, and ETFs have all combined to make your international choices simpler, quicker, and in many cases, more efficient.

But for many of you, investing in a passive index fund just isn't enough, because you're interested in country-specific stocks. You want to invest in companies on the ground -- not in a basket of companies in a mutual fund. Maybe you want direct exposure to Chinese agriculture, Spanish communications, or German banking -- and this is where you'll find it.

In a country-by-country rundown, we're taking a tour across the globe to find out which foreign stocks are traded on major U.S. indices. Hopefully it will get your engine going.

In today's article, we'll examine five companies headquartered in South Korea.

Company

Industry

Market Cap (in millions)

Recent Price

KB Financial Group (NYSE: KB)

Regional Bank

$13,920

$40.59

Korea Electric Power (NYSE: KEP)

Utility Provider

$16,820

$13.51

LG Display (NYSE: LPL)

Diversified Electronics

$12,650

$17.67

POSCO (NYSE: PKX)

Steel & Iron

$28,210

$91.54

Webzen (Nasdaq: WZEN)

Multimedia & Graphics

$265

$2.79

All data provided by Yahoo! Finance intraday on June 7, 2010.

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Jordan DiPietro doesn't own any of the shares above. POSCO is a Motley Fool Income Investor pick. The Fool's disclosure policy is nomadic.

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Stocks Mentioned

POSCO Stock Quote
POSCO
PKX
$40.61 (-3.38%) $-1.42
LG Display Stock Quote
LG Display
LPL
$4.59 (-5.94%) $0.29
KB Financial Group Inc. Stock Quote
KB Financial Group Inc.
KB
$34.01 (-2.52%) $0.88
Korea Electric Power Corporation Stock Quote
Korea Electric Power Corporation
KEP
$6.87 (-3.92%) $0.28

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