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Gain (loss) on non - financial assets, net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
Gain (loss) on non - financial assets, net |  |  |
Gain on sale of investment property | $ 0 | $ 500 | $ 0
Unrealized gain on investment property | 296 | 0 | 0
Impairment loss on other assets | 0 | 0 | (3,464)
Impairment loss on investment property | 0 | 0 | (3,849)
Write off on intangible assets | 0 | 0 | (2,705)
Impairment losses on non-financial assets | $ 296 | $ 500 | $ (10,018)

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- Definition The amount of impairment loss, impairment gain or reversal of impairment loss that is recognised in profit or loss in accordance with paragraph 5.5.8 of IFRS 9 and that arises from applying the impairment requirements in Section 5.5 of IFRS 9. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2020-01-01 -Paragraph 82 -Subparagraph ba -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=1&code=ifrs-tx-2020-en-r&anchor=para_82_ba&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2020-01-01 + Details
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