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Operating Expenses (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Text block Explanatory [Abstract] |
Summary of Operating Expenses |
| (1) | Operating expenses for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2023 and 2024, are as follows:
(in millions of Korean won) |  | 2022 |  |  | 2023 |  |  | 2024 |
Employee benefit cost |  | ￦ | 4,495,885 |  |  | ￦ | 4,556,832 |  |  | ￦ | 5,628,058 |
Depreciation |  |  | 2,637,463 |  |  |  | 2,723,610 |  |  |  | 2,827,518 |
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |  |  | 396,214 |  |  |  | 402,737 |  |  |  | 410,925 |
Amortization of intangible assets |  |  | 622,202 |  |  |  | 683,784 |  |  |  | 639,268 |
Commissions |  |  | 1,295,434 |  |  |  | 1,264,729 |  |  |  | 1,403,381 |
Interconnection charges |  |  | 479,500 |  |  |  | 436,598 |  |  |  | 410,872 |
International interconnection fee |  |  | 186,253 |  |  |  | 140,433 |  |  |  | 138,807 |
Purchase of inventories |  |  | 3,656,040 |  |  |  | 3,595,345 |  |  |  | 3,526,723 |
Changes of inventories |  |  | (195,046 | ) |  |  | (203,071 | ) |  |  | (27,947 | )
Sales commission |  |  | 2,353,909 |  |  |  | 2,353,318 |  |  |  | 2,258,121 |
Service cost 1 |  |  | 2,334,386 |  |  |  | 2,229,709 |  |  |  | 2,141,856 |
Utilities |  |  | 368,348 |  |  |  | 544,675 |  |  |  | 555,856 |
Taxes and dues |  |  | 276,962 |  |  |  | 250,651 |  |  |  | 265,305 |
Rent |  |  | 160,848 |  |  |  | 167,576 |  |  |  | 147,607 |
Insurance premium |  |  | 68,245 |  |  |  | 66,737 |  |  |  | 68,443 |
Installation fee |  |  | 150,140 |  |  |  | 174,238 |  |  |  | 164,969 |
Advertising expenses |  |  | 195,519 |  |  |  | 153,750 |  |  |  | 169,189 |
Allowance for bad debts |  |  | 115,358 |  |  |  | 150,549 |  |  |  | 151,486 |
Card service cost |  |  | 3,127,673 |  |  |  | 3,189,376 |  |  |  | 3,009,170 |
Loss on disposal of property and equipment |  |  | 81,415 |  |  |  | 72,710 |  |  |  | 90,373 |
Loss on disposal of intangible assets |  |  | 7,015 |  |  |  | 5,328 |  |  |  | 9,713 |
Loss on disposal of right-of-use assets |  |  | 2,348 |  |  |  | 2,115 |  |  |  | 2,578 |
Loss on disposal of investments in associates |  |  | 295 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 17 |
Loss on disposal of investments in subsidiaries |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | 7,998 |
Impairment loss on property and equipment |  |  | 16,094 |  |  |  | 7,871 |  |  |  | 7,183 |
Impairment loss on intangible assets |  |  | 30,965 |  |  |  | 236,206 |  |  |  | 239,312 |
Donations |  |  | 15,642 |  |  |  | 24,664 |  |  |  | 9,499 |
Other allowance for bad debts |  |  | 17,551 |  |  |  | 34,112 |  |  |  | 26,475 |
Others |  |  | 1,369,391 |  |  |  | 1,902,214 |  |  |  | 1,801,660 |
Total |  | ￦ | 24,266,049 |  |  | ￦ | 25,166,796 |  |  | ￦ | 26,084,415 |
1 | Service cost is mainly recorded by purchase of service for system implementation and contents service.
Summary of Details of Salaries and Wages |
| (2) | Details of employee benefit cost for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2023 and 2024, are as follows:
(in millions of Korean won) |  | 2022 |  |  | 2023 |  |  | 2024 |
Salaries & Wages |  | ￦ | 4,161,874 |  |  | ￦ | 4,231,781 |  |  | ￦ | 4,275,944 |
Post-employment benefits(Defined benefit plan) |  |  | 225,404 |  |  |  | 183,026 |  |  |  | 221,377 |
Post-employment benefits(Defined contribution plan) |  |  | 72,576 |  |  |  | 85,174 |  |  |  | 86,723 |
Share-based payment |  |  | 16,799 |  |  |  | 15,450 |  |  |  | 7,129 |
Others |  |  | 19,232 |  |  |  | 41,401 |  |  |  | 1,036,885 |
Total |  | ￦ | 4,495,885 |  |  | ￦ | 4,556,832 |  |  | ￦ | 5,628,058 |

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