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Leases | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
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20. | Leases
Information of leases in which the Group is a lessee is as follows. Information when the Group is a lessor is described in Note 11.
| (1) | Amounts recognized in the consolidated statement of financial position
The consolidated statements of financial position shows the following amounts relating to leases:
(In millions of Korean won) |  | December 31, 2023 |  |  | December 31, 2024 |
Right-of-use assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property and building |  | ￦ | 1,019,537 |  |  |  | 950,940 |
Machinery and communication line facilities |  |  | 89,150 |  |  |  | 103,672 |
Others |  |  | 196,276 |  |  |  | 158,158 |
Total |  | ￦ | 1,304,963 |  |  |  | 1,212,770 |
(In millions of Korean won) |  | December 31, 2023 |  |  | December 31, 2024 |
Lease liabilities 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current |  | ￦ | 307,868 |  |  |  | 349,264 |
Non-current |  |  | 872,042 |  |  |  | 710,189 |
Total |  | ￦ | 1,179,910 |  |  |  | 1,059,453 |
| 1 | Included in the line items ‘Other current liabilities and other non-current liabilities’ in the consolidated statements of financial position (Notes 9).
For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2024, right-of-use assets related to leases increased by ￦ 440,552 million and ￦ 337,779 million, respectively.
| (2) | Amounts recognized in the consolidated statement of profit or loss
The consolidated statement of profit or loss relating to leases for year ended December 31, 2022, 2023, and 2024 are as follows:
(in millions of Korean won) |  | December 31, 2022 |  |  | December 31, 2023 |  |  | December 31, 2024 |
Depreciation of Right-of-use assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property and building |  | ￦ | 305,120 |  |  | ￦ | 297,571 |  |  | ￦ | 301,621 |
Machinery and communication line facilities |  |  | 31,140 |  |  |  | 32,794 |  |  |  | 25,550 |
Others |  |  | 59,954 |  |  |  | 72,372 |  |  |  | 83,754 |
Total |  | ￦ | 396,214 |  |  | ￦ | 402,737 |  |  | ￦ | 410,925 |
Depreciation of Investment Properties |  | ￦ | 15 |  |  | ￦ | — |  |  | ￦ | — |
Interest expense relating to lease liabilities |  |  | 41,469 |  |  |  | 52,035 |  |  |  | 47,556 |
Expense relating to short-term leases |  |  | 12,876 |  |  |  | 8,804 |  |  |  | 8,048 |
Expense relating to leases of low-value assets that are not short-term leases |  |  | 26,813 |  |  |  | 26,290 |  |  |  | 27,751 |
Expense relating to variable lease payments not included in lease liabilities |  |  | 4,827 |  |  |  | 9,288 |  |  |  | 6,722 |
The total cash outflow for leases for the year ended December 31, 2024 amounts to ￦ 508,230 million (2022: ￦ 464,337 million, 2023: ￦ 500,392 million ).

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