v3.26.1
Defined Benefit Liabilities (Assets)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
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Defined Benefit Liabilities (Assets)
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Defined Benefit Liabilities (Assets)
 
  (1)
Details of defined benefit liabilities (assets) as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:
 
(In millions of won)
             
    
December 31, 2025
    
December 31, 2024
 
Present value of defined benefit obligations
   ₩ 1,051,508        1,142,324  
Fair value of plan assets
     (1,256,985 )       (1,294,567 ) 
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
Defined benefit assets(*)
     (205,477 )       (154,329 ) 
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
Defined benefit liabilities
     —         2,086  
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
  (*)
Since the Group entities neither have legally enforceable right nor intention to settle the defined benefit obligations of Group entities with defined benefit assets of other Group entities, defined benefit assets of Group entities have been separately presented from defined benefit liabilities.
 
 
 
  (2)
Principal actuarial assumptions as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:
 
    
December 31, 2025
    
December 31, 2024
 
Discount rate for defined benefit obligations
     3.51% ~ 4.57%        3.35% ~ 4.24%  
Expected rate of salary increase
     2.00% ~ 6.22%        2.00% ~ 5.42%  
Discount rate for defined benefit obligation is determined based on market yields of high-quality corporate bonds with similar maturities for estimated payment term of defined benefit obligation. Expected rate of salary increase is determined based on the Group’s historical promotion index, inflation rate and salary increase ratio.
 
  (3)
Changes in present value of defined benefit obligations for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:
 
(In millions of won)
  
    
2025
    
2024
 
Beginning balance
   ₩ 1,142,324        1,121,679  
Current service cost
     123,241        130,538  
Interest cost
     42,399        47,463  
Remeasurement
- Demographic assumption
     264        (761 ) 
- Financial assumption
     (14,087 )       49,788  
- Adjustment based on experience
     26,041        (15,085 ) 
Benefit paid(*1)
     (270,415 )       (157,801 ) 
Past service cost
     1,693        6,795  
Changes in consolidation scope
     —         (2,458 ) 
Others(*2)
     48        (37,834 ) 
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
Ending balance
   ₩ 1,051,508        1,142,324  
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
  (*1)
Benefit paid includes payments arising from changes to the retirement benefit plan for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.
  (*2)
Others include changes in liabilities due to employees’ transfers among affiliates and reclassification as liabilities held for sale for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.
 
 
 
  (4)
Changes in fair value of plan assets for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:
 
(In millions of won)
  
    
2025
    
2024
 
Beginning balance
   ₩ 1,294,567        1,292,416  
Interest income
     46,765        54,215  
Remeasurement
     1,406        729  
Contributions
     182,076        124,921  
Benefit paid(*1)
     (264,521 )       (131,031 ) 
Changes in consolidation scope
     —         (2,151 ) 
Others(*2)
     (3,308 )       (44,532 ) 
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
Ending balance
   ₩ 1,256,985        1,294,567  
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
  (*1)
Benefit paid includes payments arising from changes to the retirement benefit plan for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.
  (*2)
Others include changes in assets due to employees’ transfers among affiliates and reclassification as assets held for sale for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024.
The Group’s expected contributions to the defined benefit plan for the year ended December 31, 2026, amounts to ₩167,383 million.
 
  (5)
Total cost of defined benefit plan, which is recognized in profit or loss for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:
 
(In millions of won)
             
    
2025
    
2024
 
Current service cost
   ₩ 123,241        130,538  
Net interest income
     (4,366 )       (6,752 ) 
Past service cost
     1,693        6,795  
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
   ₩ 120,568        130,581  
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
Costs related to the defined benefit plan except for the amounts transferred to construction in progress are included in labor expenses and research and development expenses.
 
  (6)
Details of plan assets as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:
 
(In millions of won)
             
    
December 31, 2025
    
December 31, 2024
 
Equity instruments
   ₩ 102,046        67,184  
Debt instruments
     238,979        394,138  
Short-term financial instruments, etc.
     915,960        833,245  
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
   ₩ 1,256,985        1,294,567  
  
 
 
    
 
 
 
 
 
 
  (7)
Sensitivity analysis
As of December 31, 2025, reasonably possible changes to each of the significant actuarial assumptions, holding other assumptions constant, would have affected the defined benefit obligation by the amounts shown below:
 
(In millions of won)
             
    
0.5%p Increase
    
0.5%p Decrease
 
Discount rate
   ₩ (37,121 )       39,709  
Expected salary increase rate
     39,780        (37,537 ) 
A sensitivity analysis does not consider dispersion of all cash flows that are expected from the plan but provides approximate values of sensitivity for the assumptions used.
The weighted average duration of defined benefit obligations as of December 31, 2025 and 2024
is
 7.33 years and 7.46 years, respectively.
 
  (8)
Defined contribution plan
The amount recognized as an expense for defined contribution plans are ₩35,454 million and ₩29,784 million for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.