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Property and Equipment (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Summary of Changes in Property and Equipment | Changes in property and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020, are as follows:
|  | 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 policy 1 |  |  | — |  |  |  | (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 | )
1 | With the application of IFRS 16, property and equipment were reclassified to right-of-use assets.
|  | 2020 |
(In millions of Korean won) |  | Land |  |  | Buildings and structures |  |  | Machinery and equipment |  |  | Others |  |  | Construction- in-progress |  |  | Total |
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 | )
Beginning, net |  |  | 1,262,181 |  |  |  | 2,162,064 |  |  |  | 9,093,251 |  |  |  | 267,535 |  |  |  | 1,000,268 |  |  |  | 13,785,299 |
Acquisition and capital expenditure |  |  | 25,156 |  |  |  | 7,249 |  |  |  | 112,085 |  |  |  | 47,669 |  |  |  | 2,959,690 |  |  |  | 3,151,849 |
Disposal and termination |  |  | (1,756 | ) |  |  | (3,367 | ) |  |  | (69,401 | ) |  |  | (3,385 | ) |  |  | (1,027 | ) |  |  | (78,936 | )
Depreciation |  |  | — |  |  |  | (135,646 | ) |  |  | (2,343,965 | ) |  |  | (91,164 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2,570,775 | )
Impairment |  |  | — |  |  |  | (36 | ) |  |  | (35,271 | ) |  |  | (44,468 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (79,775 | )
Transfer in (out) |  |  | 53,238 |  |  |  | 283,937 |  |  |  | 2,489,138 |  |  |  | 28,024 |  |  |  | (2,899,197 | ) |  |  | (44,860 | )
Transfer to investment properties |  |  | 6,792 |  |  |  | (8,848 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2,056 | )
Changes in scope of consolidation |  |  | 56 |  |  |  | 494 |  |  |  | 225 |  |  |  | 43 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 818 |
Others |  |  | (11,040 | ) |  |  | 2,175 |  |  |  | 68,921 |  |  |  | 1,398 |  |  |  | (16,899 | ) |  |  | 44,555 |
Ending, net |  | ￦ | 1,334,627 |  |  | ￦ | 2,308,022 |  |  | ￦ | 9,314,983 |  |  | ￦ | 205,652 |  |  | ￦ | 1,042,835 |  |  | ￦ | 14,206,119 |
Acquisition cost |  | ￦ | 1,334,759 |  |  | ￦ | 4,402,691 |  |  | ￦ | 39,182,265 |  |  | ￦ | 1,619,822 |  |  | ￦ | 1,046,795 | ￦ |  |  | 47,586,332 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation (including accumulated impairment loss and others) |  |  | (132 | ) |  |  | (2,094,669 | ) |  |  | (29,867,282 | ) |  |  | (1,414,170 | ) |  |  | (3,960 | ) |  |  | (33,380,213 | )
Summary of the Details of Property and Equipment Provided | Details of property and equipment provided as collateral as at December 31, 2019 and 2020, are as follows:
(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 |  |  |  | Borrowings |  |  | ￦ | 3,473 |  |  | Shinhan Bank
(In millions of Korean won) |  | December 31, 2020
|  | Carrying amount |  |  | Secured amount |  |  | Related line item |  |  | Related amount |  |  | Secured party
Land and Buildings |  | ￦ | 11,644 |  |  | ￦ | 15,502 |  |  |  | Borrowings |  |  | ￦ | 3,072 |  |  | Industrial Bank of Korea, Korea Development Bank
|  | ￦ | 4,142 |  |  | ￦ | 249 |  |  |  | Deposits |  |  | ￦ | 249 |  |  | K Bank, Inc.

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