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Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Summary of Changes in Property, Plant and Equipment | Changes in property, plant and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2017, are as follows:
|  | 2016 |
(in millions of Korean won) |  | Land |  |  | Buildings and structures |  |  | Machinery and equipment |  |  | Others |  |  | Construction- in-progress |  |  | Total |
Acquisition cost |  | ￦ | 1,287,749 |  |  | ￦ | 3,558,460 |  |  | ￦ | 34,388,584 |  |  | ￦ | 1,951,749 |  |  | ￦ | 1,033,777 |  |  | ￦ | 42,220,319 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation (including accumulated impairment loss and others) |  |  | (132 | ) |  |  | (1,459,416 | ) |  |  | (24,879,791 | ) |  |  | (1,400,766 | ) |  |  | (1,300 | ) |  |  | (27,741,405 | )
Beginning, net |  |  | 1,287,617 |  |  |  | 2,099,044 |  |  |  | 9,508,793 |  |  |  | 550,983 |  |  |  | 1,032,477 |  |  |  | 14,478,914 |
Acquisition |  |  | 291 |  |  |  | 3,608 |  |  |  | 247,431 |  |  |  | 146,471 |  |  |  | 2,297,346 |  |  |  | 2,695,147 |
Disposal/Abandonment |  |  | (855 | ) |  |  | (1,650 | ) |  |  | (112,135 | ) |  |  | (8,155 | ) |  |  | (3,357 | ) |  |  | (126,152 | )
Depreciation |  |  | — |  |  |  | (135,389 | ) |  |  | (2,498,837 | ) |  |  | (143,978 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2,778,204 | )
Impairment |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 361 |  |  |  | (47,086 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (46,725 | )
Transfer in (out) |  |  | 4,274 |  |  |  | 136,041 |  |  |  | 2,060,936 |  |  |  | 11,073 |  |  |  | (2,212,324 | ) |  |  | — |
Inclusion in scope of consolidation |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 68 |  |  |  | 764 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 832 |
Others |  |  | 17,625 |  |  |  | 23,078 |  |  |  | 53,568 |  |  |  | 14,851 |  |  |  | (20,823 | ) |  |  | 88,299 |
Ending, net |  | ￦ | 1,308,952 |  |  | ￦ | 2,124,732 |  |  | ￦ | 9,260,185 |  |  | ￦ | 524,923 |  |  | ￦ | 1,093,319 |  |  | ￦ | 14,312,111 |
Acquisition cost |  | ￦ | 1,309,084 |  |  | ￦ | 3,729,228 |  |  | ￦ | 35,106,184 |  |  | ￦ | 1,895,332 |  |  | ￦ | 1,093,941 |  |  | ￦ | 43,133,769 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation (including accumulated impairment loss and others) |  |  | (132 | ) |  |  | (1,604,496 | ) |  |  | (25,845,999 | ) |  |  | (1,370,409 | ) |  |  | (622 | ) |  |  | (28,821,658 | )
|  | 2017 |
(In millions of Korean won) |  | Land |  |  | Buildings and structures |  |  | Machinery and equipment |  |  | Others |  |  | Construction- in-progress |  |  | Total |
Acquisition cost |  | ￦ | 1,309,084 |  |  | ￦ | 3,729,228 |  |  | ￦ | 35,106,184 |  |  | ￦ | 1,895,332 |  |  | ￦ | 1,093,941 |  |  | ￦ | 43,133,769 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation (including accumulated impairment loss and others) |  |  | (132 | ) |  |  | (1,604,496 | ) |  |  | (25,845,999 | ) |  |  | (1,370,409 | ) |  |  | (622 | ) |  |  | (28,821,658 | )
Beginning, net |  |  | 1,308,952 |  |  |  | 2,124,732 |  |  |  | 9,260,185 |  |  |  | 524,923 |  |  |  | 1,093,319 |  |  |  | 14,312,111 |
Acquisition |  |  | 1,948 |  |  |  | 120 |  |  |  | 237,218 |  |  |  | 129,464 |  |  |  | 2,262,681 |  |  |  | 2,631,431 |
Disposal and termination |  |  | (4,656 | ) |  |  | (4,022 | ) |  |  | (176,085 | ) |  |  | (8,242 | ) |  |  | (3,133 | ) |  |  | (196,138 | )
Depreciation |  |  | — |  |  |  | (135,242 | ) |  |  | (2,469,459 | ) |  |  | (150,535 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2,755,236 | )
Impairment (Recovery of impairment) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (9,256 | ) |  |  | (1 | ) |  |  | (28 | ) |  |  | (9,285 | )
Transfer in (out) |  |  | 26,764 |  |  |  | 25,305 |  |  |  | 2,227,808 |  |  |  | 10,344 |  |  |  | (2,600,908 | ) |  |  | (310,687 | )
Exclusion from scope of consolidation |  |  | — |  |  |  | (19 | ) |  |  | (772 | ) |  |  | (120 | ) |  |  | (34 | ) |  |  | (945 | )
Transfer from(to) investment properties |  |  | (64,449 | ) |  |  | 1,793 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,184 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (61,472 | )
Others |  |  | 98 |  |  |  | (245 | ) |  |  | (8,830 | ) |  |  | (179 | ) |  |  | (38,304 | ) |  |  | (47,460 | )
Ending, net |  | ￦ | 1,268,657 |  |  | ￦ | 2,012,422 |  |  | ￦ | 9,060,809 |  |  | ￦ | 506,838 |  |  | ￦ | 713,593 |  |  | ￦ | 13,562,319 |
Acquisition cost |  | ￦ | 1,268,789 |  |  | ￦ | 3,750,861 |  |  | ￦ | 35,971,877 |  |  | ￦ | 1,920,571 |  |  | ￦ | 714,706 |  |  | ￦ | 43,626,804 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation (including accumulated impairment loss and others) |  |  | (132 | ) |  |  | (1,738,439 | ) |  |  | (26,911,068 | ) |  |  | (1,413,733 | ) |  |  | (1,113 | ) |  |  | (30,064,485 | )
Summary of the Details of Property, Plant and Equipment Provided | Details of property, plant and equipment provided as collateral as of December 31, 2016 and 2017, are as follows:
(In millions of Korean won) |  | 2016
|  | Carrying amount |  |  | Secured amount |  |  | Related line item |  |  | Related amount |  |  | Secured party
Land and Buildings |  | ￦ | 13,337 |  |  | ￦ | 16,009 |  |  |  | Borrowings |  |  | ￦ | 11,540 |  |  | Standard Chartered Bank Korea Development Bank
Others |  |  | 55,951 |  |  |  | 43,506 |  |  |  | 25,379 |  |  |  |  |  |  | Shinhan Bank
(In millions of Korean won) |  | 2017
|  | Carrying amount |  |  | Secured amount |  |  | Related line item |  |  | Related amount |  |  | Secured party
Land and Buildings |  |  | 13,115 |  |  |  | 15,995 |  |  |  | Borrowings |  |  |  | 2,730 |  |  | Standard Chartered Bank Korea Development Bank
Others |  |  | 53,757 |  |  |  | 38,570 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 16,071 |  |  | Shinhan Bank

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