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Property and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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 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	)

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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