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Other Financial Assets and Liabilities - Summary of Financial Assets at Fair Value Through Profit or Loss (Detail) - KRW (₩) ₩ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
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Disclosure of financial assets [line items] |  |
Equity Instruments | ₩ 952,319 | ₩ 809,919
Less: non-current | (488,040) | (276,109)
Current | 464,279 | 533,810
Equity Instruments Listed [member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets [line items] |  |
Equity Instruments | 24,285 | 46,449
Equity Instruments Unlisted [member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets [line items] |  |
Equity Instruments | 64,835 | 83,017
Debt securities [member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets [line items] |  |
Equity Instruments | 862,481 | 680,453
Derivatives held for trading [member] |  |
Disclosure of financial assets [line items] |  |
Equity Instruments | ₩ 718 | ₩ 0

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- Definition The amount of financial assets that are measured at fair value and for which gains (losses) are recognised in profit or loss. A financial asset shall be measured at fair value through profit or loss unless it is measured at amortised cost or at fair value through other comprehensive income. A gain (loss) on a financial asset measured at fair value shall be recognised in profit or loss unless it is part of a hedging relationship, it is an investment in an equity instrument for which the entity has elected to present gains and losses in other comprehensive income or it is a financial asset measured at fair value through other comprehensive income. [Refer: At fair value [member]; Financial assets] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2021-01-01 -Paragraph 8 -Subparagraph a -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IFRS&num=7&code=ifrs-tx-2021-en-r&anchor=para_8_a&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2021-03-24 + Details
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