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Finance Expenses (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Finance Expenses [Abstract] |
Summary of Finance Expenses |
(1) | Finance expenses for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2020 and 2021 are as follows:
|  |  |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |
|  |  |  |  | In millions of won |
Interest expense |  | ￦ |  |  |  |  | 2,046,811 |  |  |  | 1,995,425 |  |  |  | 1,914,457 |
Losses on sale of financial assets |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,106 |  |  |  | 648 |  |  |  | 1,045 |
Losses on valuation of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4,513 |  |  |  | 7,396 |  |  |  | 5,480 |
Losses on valuation of derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |  | 45,385 |  |  |  | 513,278 |  |  |  | 37,017 |
Losses on transaction of derivatives |  |  |  |  |  |  | 71,546 |  |  |  | 81,055 |  |  |  | 40,818 |
Losses on foreign currency translation |  |  |  |  |  |  | 553,731 |  |  |  | 215,047 |  |  |  | 1,159,334 |
Losses on foreign currency transaction |  |  |  |  |  |  | 55,509 |  |  |  | 79,103 |  |  |  | 83,558 |
Losses on repayment of financial liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 35 |  |  |  | 10 |
Others |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,555 |  |  |  | 4,456 |  |  |  | 4,058 |
|  | ￦ |  |  |  |  | 2,782,156 |  |  |  | 2,896,443 |  |  |  | 3,245,777 |
Summary of Interest Expenses |
(2) | Details of interest expense included in finance expenses for the years ended December 31, 2019, 2020 and 2021 are as follows:
|  |  |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |
|  |  |  |  | In millions of won |
Trade and other payables |  | ￦ |  |  |  |  | 94,019 |  |  |  | 88,757 |  |  |  | 213,765 |
Short-term borrowings |  |  |  |  |  |  | 42,971 |  |  |  | 29,358 |  |  |  | 42,371 |
Long-term borrowings |  |  |  |  |  |  | 119,806 |  |  |  | 118,678 |  |  |  | 115,141 |
Debt securities |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,827,511 |  |  |  | 1,805,253 |  |  |  | 1,728,588 |
Other financial liabilities |  |  |  |  |  |  | 558,464 |  |  |  | 540,867 |  |  |  | 384,423 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,642,771 |  |  |  | 2,582,913 |  |  |  | 2,484,288 |
Less: Capitalized borrowing costs |  |  |  |  |  |  | (595,960 | ) |  |  | (587,488 | ) |  |  | (569,831 | )
|  | ￦ |  |  |  |  | 2,046,811 |  |  |  | 1,995,425 |  |  |  | 1,914,457 |

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