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Changes in Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Summary of quantitative information about lease liabilities |
(In millions of Korean won) |  | 2019 |
Operating lease commitments as at December 31, 2018 1 |  | ￦ | 675,658 |
Discounted using the lessee’s incremental borrowing rate of at the date of initial application |  |  | 643,375 |
Add: finance lease liabilities recognized as at December 31, 2018 |  |  | 163,858 |
Lease liability recognized as at January 1, 2019 |  | ￦ | 807,233 |
Of which are: |  |  |  |
Current lease liabilities |  | ￦ | 336,530 |
Non-current lease liabilities |  |  | 470,703 |
|  | ￦ 807,233 |
| 1 | It excluded short-term leases and leases for which the underlying asset is of low value.

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