XML 57 R102.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT v3.20.1

Other Financial Assets and Liabilities - Summary of Financial Assets at Fair Value Through Other Comprehensive Income (Detail) - KRW (₩) ₩ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income [line items]
Equity Instruments	₩ 557,342	₩ 326,157
Less: non-current	(556,147)	(326,157)
Current	1,195
Equity Instruments Listed [member]
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income [line items]
Equity Instruments	6,738	8,861
Equity Instruments Unlisted [member]
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income [line items]
Equity Instruments	543,518	310,387
Debt securities [member]
Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income [line items]
Equity Instruments	₩ 7,086	₩ 6,909

X

- Definition

The amount of current financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income. [Refer: Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income]

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 7
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph h
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_8_h&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2019-03-27

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_CurrentFinancialAssetsAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncome
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

X

- Definition

The amount of financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income. [Refer: At fair value [member]; Financial assets; Other comprehensive income]

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 7
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph h
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_8_h&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2019-03-27

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_FinancialAssetsAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncome
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

X

- Definition

The amount of non-current financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income. [Refer: Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income]

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 7
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Paragraph 8
-Subparagraph h
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_8_h&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2019-03-27

+ Details

Name:	ifrs-full_NoncurrentFinancialAssetsAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncome
Namespace Prefix:	ifrs-full_
Data Type:	xbrli:monetaryItemType
Balance Type:	debit
Period Type:	instant

X

- Definition

Financial assets at fair value through other comprehensive income [line items]

+ References

No definition available.

+ Details

Name:	kt_FinancialAssetsAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncomeLineItems
Namespace Prefix:	kt_
Data Type:	xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	duration

X

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_ClassesOfFinancialAssetsAxis=kt_EquityInstrumentsListedMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_ClassesOfFinancialAssetsAxis=kt_EquityInstrumentsUnlistedMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type:

X

- Details

Name:	ifrs-full_ClassesOfFinancialAssetsAxis=ifrs-full_DebtSecuritiesMember
Namespace Prefix:
Data Type:	na
Balance Type:
Period Type: