Trade and Other Receivables - Summary of Other Receivables (Detail) - KRW (₩) ₩ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Disclosure of financial assets [line items]
Receivables 1	₩ 8,574,457	₩ 7,589,118
Other receivables [member]
Disclosure of financial assets [line items]
Loans	51,854	98,953
Receivables 1	3,539,742	2,668,545
Accrued income	43,920	32,218
Refundable deposits	299,935	339,450
Loans receivable	1,067,005	1,013,428
Finance lease receivables	141,883	105,690
Others	58,357	63,941
Less: Provision for impairment	(183,636)	(218,543)	₩ (201,387)
Other receivables	₩ 5,019,060	₩ 4,103,682

The amount of an allowance account used to record impairments to financial assets due to credit losses. [Refer: Financial assets]

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The amount of current prepayments and current accrued income, other than current contract assets. [Refer: Prepayments; Accrued income other than contract assets]

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The amount of receivables related to finance leases.

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The amount of loans and advances the entity has made to customers.

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The amount of non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market, other than: (a) those that the entity intends to sell immediately or in the near term, which shall be classified as held for trading, and those that the entity, upon initial recognition, designates as at fair value through profit or loss; (b) those that the entity, upon initial recognition, designates as available for sale; or (c) those for which the holder may not recover substantially all of its initial investment, other than because of credit deterioration, which shall be classified as available for sale. An interest acquired in a pool of assets that are not loans or receivables (for example, an interest in a mutual fund or a similar fund) is not a loan or receivable. [Refer: Derivative financial assets]

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The amount receivable by the entity that it does not separately disclose in the same statement or note.

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The amount of trade receivables and other receivables. [Refer: Trade receivables; Other receivables]

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Refundable deposits.

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