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Property and Equipment (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Summary of Changes in Property and Equipment | Changes in property and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2018, are as follows:
|  | 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 and capital expenditure |  |  | 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 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (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 | )
|  | 2018 |
(In millions of Korean won) |  | Land |  |  | Buildings and structures |  |  | Machinery and equipment |  |  | Others |  |  | Construction- in-progress |  |  | Total |
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 | )
Beginning, net |  |  | 1,268,657 |  |  |  | 2,012,422 |  |  |  | 9,060,809 |  |  |  | 506,838 |  |  |  | 713,593 |  |  |  | 13,562,319 |
Acquisition and capital expenditure |  |  | 9,897 |  |  |  | 1,728 |  |  |  | 137,088 |  |  |  | 101,832 |  |  |  | 2,037,085 |  |  |  | 2,287,630 |
Disposal and termination |  |  | (3,718 | ) |  |  | (2,640 | ) |  |  | (113,266 | ) |  |  | (4,336 | ) |  |  | (582 | ) |  |  | (124,542 | )
Depreciation |  |  | — |  |  |  | (132,353 | ) |  |  | (2,398,782 | ) |  |  | (159,625 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2,690,760 | )
Impairment |  |  | — |  |  |  | (5,551 | ) |  |  | (1,237 | ) |  |  | (8,935 | ) |  |  | (170 | ) |  |  | (15,893 | )
Transfer in (out) |  |  | 7,663 |  |  |  | 127,052 |  |  |  | 1,767,878 |  |  |  | 9,525 |  |  |  | (1,911,094 | ) |  |  | 1,024 |
Inclusion in scope of consolidation |  |  | — |  |  |  | 44 |  |  |  | 4,228 |  |  |  | 2,526 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 6,798 |
Transfer from(to) investment properties |  |  | (3,080 | ) |  |  | 5,366 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 37,077 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 39,363 |
Others |  |  | 1,768 |  |  |  | 1,617 |  |  |  | 18,298 |  |  |  | (6,521 | ) |  |  | (12,844 | ) |  |  | 2,318 |
Ending, net |  | ￦ | 1,281,187 |  |  | ￦ | 2,007,685 |  |  | ￦ | 8,475,016 |  |  | ￦ | 478,381 |  |  | ￦ | 825,988 |  |  | ￦ | 13,068,257 |
Acquisition cost |  | ￦ | 1,281,319 |  |  | ￦ | 3,873,074 |  |  | ￦ | 36,327,007 |  |  | ￦ | 1,981,646 |  |  | ￦ | 826,583 |  |  | ￦ | 44,289,629 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation (including accumulated impairment loss and others) |  |  | (132 | ) |  |  | (1,865,389 | ) |  |  | (27,851,991 | ) |  |  | (1,503,265 | ) |  |  | (595 | ) |  |  | (31,221,372 | )
Summary of the Details of Property and Equipment Provided | Details of property and equipment provided as collateral as at December 31, 2017 and 2018, are as follows:
(In millions of Korean won) |  | December 31, 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
(In millions of Korean won) |  | December 31, 2018
|  | Carrying amount |  |  | Secured amount |  |  | Related line item |  |  | Related amount |  |  | Secured party
Land and Buildings |  | ￦ | 13,163 |  |  | ￦ | 15,113 |  |  |  | Borrowings |  |  | ￦ | 7,878 |  |  | Standard Chartered Bank, Korea Development Bank
Others |  |  | 50,278 |  |  |  | 40,252 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10,063 |  |  | Shinhan Bank

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