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Cash and Cash Equivalents | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
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5. | Cash and Cash Equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, deposits held at call with banks, and other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of less than three months. Restricted cash and cash equivalents as at December 31, 2018 and 2019, are as follows:
(In millions of Korean won) |  | Type |  | December 31, 2018 |  | December 31, 2019 |  | Description
Restricted cash and cash equivalents |  | Restricted deposit |  | ￦ 23,970 |  | ￦ 21,290 |  | Deposit restricted for governmental project and others
Cash and cash equivalents in the statement of financial position equal to cash and cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows.

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