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Property and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

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Summary of Changes in Property and Equipment

Changes in property and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, are as follows:

		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	)

		2019
(In millions of Korean won)		Land				Buildings and structures				Machinery and equipment				Others				Construction- in-progress				Total
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	)
Beginning, net			1,281,187				2,007,685				8,475,016				478,381				825,988				13,068,257
Changes in accounting policy1			—				(149	)			(12,947	)			(196,932	)			—				(210,028	)
Acquisition and capital expenditure			338				4,523				205,359				64,072				3,419,136				3,693,428
Disposal and termination			(1,352	)			(4,213	)			(76,457	)			(4,109	)			(1,362	)			(87,493	)
Depreciation			—				(134,350	)			(2,278,286	)			(89,940	)			—				(2,502,576	)
Impairment			—				(32	)			(41,450	)			(1,751	)			(27	)			(43,260	)
Transfer in (out)			126,066				270,980				2,742,671				16,218				(3,217,044	)			(61,109	)
Transfer to investment properties			(33,254	)			(8,081	)			—				—				—				(41,335	)
Transfer to assets held-for-sale			(89,330	)			(1,121	)			—				—				—				(90,451	)
Others			(21,474	)			26,822				79,345				1,596				(26,423	)			59,866
Ending, net		￦	1,262,181			￦	2,162,064			￦	9,093,251			￦	267,535			￦	1,000,268			￦	13,785,299
Acquisition cost		￦	1,262,313			￦	4,125,229			￦	37,654,635			￦	1,612,108			￦	1,001,171			￦	45,655,456
Less: Accumulated depreciation (including accumulated impairment loss and others)			(132	)			(1,963,165	)			(28,561,384	)			(1,344,573	)			(903	)			(31,870,157	)

Summary of the Details of Property and Equipment Provided

Details of property and equipment provided as collateral as at December 31, 2018 and 2019, are as follows:

(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

(In millions of Korean won)

December 31, 2019

Carrying amount

Secured amount

Related line item

Related amount

Secured party

Land and Buildings

￦

17,097

￦

18,705

Borrowings

￦

4,347

Industrial Bank of Korea, Korea Development Bank , K Bank, Inc.

Others

45,851

41,681

3,473

Shinhan Bank

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