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Provisions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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17. | Provision s
Changes in provisions for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020, are as follows:
|  | 2019 |
(In millions of Korean won) |  | Litigation |  |  | Restoration cost |  |  | Others |  |  | Total |
Beginning balance |  | ￦ | 58,760 |  |  | ￦ | 118,828 |  |  | ￦ | 104,288 |  |  | ￦ | 281,876 |
Increase (Transfer) |  |  | 42,684 |  |  |  | 6,591 |  |  |  | 17,328 |  |  |  | 66,603 |
Usage |  |  | (35,640 | ) |  |  | (5,394 | ) |  |  | (15,851 | ) |  |  | (56,885 | )
Reversal |  |  | (1,563 | ) |  |  | (6,736 | ) |  |  | (29,133 | ) |  |  | (37,432 | )
Ending balance |  | ￦ | 64,241 |  |  | ￦ | 113,289 |  |  | ￦ | 76,632 |  |  | ￦ | 254,162 |
Current |  | ￦ | 64,241 |  |  | ￦ | 37,906 |  |  | ￦ | 73,465 |  |  | ￦ | 175,612 |
Non-current |  |  | — |  |  |  | 75,383 |  |  |  | 3,167 |  |  |  | 78,550 |
|  | 2020 |
(In millions of Korean won) |  | Litigation |  |  | Restoration cost |  |  | Others |  |  | Total |
Beginning balance |  | ￦ | 64,241 |  |  | ￦ | 113,289 |  |  | ￦ | 76,632 |  |  | ￦ | 254,162 |
Increase (Transfer) |  |  | 17,064 |  |  |  | (1,933 | ) |  |  | 17,873 |  |  |  | 33,004 |
Usage |  |  | (3,948 | ) |  |  | (2,990 | ) |  |  | (2,266 | ) |  |  | (9,204 | )
Reversal |  |  | (857 | ) |  |  | (3,023 | ) |  |  | (23,212 | ) |  |  | (27,092 | )
Changes in scope of consolidation |  |  | — |  |  |  | 424 |  |  |  | 898 |  |  |  | 1,322 |
Ending balance |  | ￦ | 76,500 |  |  | ￦ | 105,767 |  |  | ￦ | 69,925 |  |  | ￦ | 252,192 |
Current |  | ￦ | 76,500 |  |  | ￦ | 22,343 |  |  | ￦ | 67,147 |  |  | ￦ | 165,990 |
Non-current |  |  | — |  |  |  | 83,424 |  |  |  | 2,778 |  |  |  | 86,202 |

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