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Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures - Summary of Reconciliation of Carrying Amount of Interests in the Associates and Joint Ventures (Parenthetical) (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
K Bank Inc. [member] |
Disclosure of associates and joint ventures [line items] |
Percentage of non-voting convertible stock are excluded | 8.00%

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- Definition Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information about associate and joint ventures associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition Proportion of non-voting rights in associate + References No definition available. + Details
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- Details
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