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Property and Equipment (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
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Summary of Changes in Property and Equipment | Changes in property and equipment for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2021, are as follows:
|  | 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 from (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 | )
|  | 2021 |
(In millions of Korean won) |  | Land |  |  | Buildings and structures |  |  | Machinery and equipment |  |  | Others |  |  | Construction- in-progress |  |  | Total |
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 | )
Beginning, net |  |  | 1,334,627 |  |  |  | 2,308,022 |  |  |  | 9,314,983 |  |  |  | 205,652 |  |  |  | 1,042,835 |  |  |  | 14,206,119 |
Acquisition and capital expenditure |  |  | 60,817 |  |  |  | 36,446 |  |  |  | 28,159 |  |  |  | 55,336 |  |  |  | 2,947,335 |  |  |  | 3,128,093 |
Disposal and termination |  |  | (45,318 | ) |  |  | (11,827 | ) |  |  | (76,676 | ) |  |  | (6,868 | ) |  |  | (64 | ) |  |  | (140,753 | )
Depreciation |  |  | — |  |  |  | (145,954 | ) |  |  | (2,368,679 | ) |  |  | (81,507 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2,596,140 | )
Impairment |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2,075 | ) |  |  | (40 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2,115 | )
Transfer in (out) |  |  | 4,608 |  |  |  | 415,771 |  |  |  | 2,340,948 |  |  |  | 27,051 |  |  |  | (2,872,257 | ) |  |  | (83,879 | )
Transfer from (to) investment properties |  |  | (59,848 | ) |  |  | (73,096 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (132,944 | )
Changes in scope of consolidation |  |  | 20,911 |  |  |  | 6,355 |  |  |  | 67,925 |  |  |  | 15,583 |  |  |  | 497 |  |  |  | 111,271 |
Others |  |  | — |  |  |  | (18,295 | ) |  |  | 11,986 |  |  |  | 6,031 |  |  |  | (24,488 | ) |  |  | (24,766 | )
Ending, net |  | ￦ | 1,315,797 |  |  | ￦ | 2,517,422 |  |  | ￦ | 9,316,571 |  |  | ￦ | 221,238 |  |  | ￦ | 1,093,858 |  |  | ￦ | 14,464,886 |
Acquisition cost |  | ￦ | 1,315,929 |  |  | ￦ | 4,707,250 |  |  | ￦ | 40,270,005 |  |  | ￦ | 1,607,853 |  |  | ￦ | 1,094,479 |  |  | ￦ | 48,995,516 |
Less: Accumulated depreciation (including accumulated impairment loss and others) |  |  | (132 | ) |  |  | (2,189,828 | ) |  |  | (30,953,434 | ) |  |  | (1,386,615 | ) |  |  | (621 | ) |  |  | (34,530,630 | )
Summary of the Details of Property and Equipment Provided | Details of property and equipment provided as collateral as at December 31, 2020 and 2021, are as follows:
(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
(In millions of Korean won) |  | December 31, 2021
|  | Carrying amount |  |  | Secured amount |  |  | Related line item |  |  | Related amount |  |  | Secured party
Land and Buildings |  | ￦ | 11,320 |  |  | ￦ | 15,412 |  |  |  | Borrowings |  |  | ￦ | 3,272 |  |  | Industrial Bank of Korea, Korea Development Bank

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