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Number Of Annual Installments

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Number Of Facility Agreements

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Period Before Maturity Date, Prepayment Of Facility May Be Withdrawn

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Percentage points added to the reference rate to compute the variable rate on the debt instrument.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Aggregate amount of interest paid or due on all long-term debt.

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The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

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Amount of the fees associated with providing collateral for the credit facility.

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The effective interest rate at the end of the reporting period.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Amount of the required periodic payments of both interest and principal.

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The fee, expressed as a percentage of the line of credit facility, for available but unused credit capacity under the credit facility.

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Carrying amount of long-term debt, net of unamortized discount or premium, including current and noncurrent amounts. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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Amount of cash inflow from contractual arrangement with the lender, including but not limited to, letter of credit, standby letter of credit and revolving credit arrangements.

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The cash outflow from a repayment of a borrowing having initial term of repayment of more than three months. Includes repayments of short-term and long-term debt.

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Long-Term Borrowings (Narrative) (Details) $ in Millions, ₩ in Billions					1 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2018 KRW (₩)	Apr. 29, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2013 KRW (₩)	Oct. 29, 2013 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014 KRW (₩)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 KRW (₩) item	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($) item	Jun. 30, 2015 KRW (₩)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 29, 2013 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of facility agreements \| item								3	3
Facilities fees paid			₩ 0.9	$ 0.9
Interest expense									$ 2.6		$ 3.6	$ 4.8
Amortization of fees, prepaid facility									$ 0.1		0.2	0.3
Period before maturity date, prepayment of facility may be withdrawn (in months)								3 months	3 months
Facility A [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Number of annual installments \| item								3	3
Annual installments \| ₩								₩ 10.0
Scheduled principal repayment		$ 8.7
Scheduled principal repayment of debt, due date								Oct. 29, 2018	Oct. 29, 2018
Facility A [Member] \| Forecast [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Annual installments \| ₩	₩ 30.0
Facility C [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added on rate								3.10%	3.10%
Facilities interest rate at period end								4.71%					4.71%
Korean Senior Secured Loan Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Outstanding amount			92.4											$ 87.0
Proceeds drawn from facilities			75.0	70.6
Repayment of facilities			17.4	16.4
South Korean Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Facilities fees paid												$ 0.4
Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds drawn from facilities			₩ 1.1	$ 1.0		₩ 2.2	$ 2.1
Commitment fee percentage								0.30%	0.30%
South Korean CD [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
CD interest rate at period end								1.61%					1.61%
South Korean CD [Member] \| Facility A [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added on rate								3.10%	3.10%
South Korean CD [Member] \| Facility B [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Margin added on rate								2.90%	2.90%
South Korean CD [Member] \| Facility A And C [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Facilities interest rate at period end								4.71%					4.71%
Facilities Agreement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Proceeds drawn from facilities								₩ 2.5	$ 2.1	₩ 4.0	$ 3.8
Facility agreement, in years					5 years
Facilities Agreement [Member] \| Revolving Credit Facility [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Long-term borrowings													$ 51.8
Net1 Korea [Member] \| Facility A [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity								60.0					52.0
Net1 Korea [Member] \| Facility B [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity								15.0					13.0
Net1 Korea [Member] \| Facility C [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Maximum borrowing capacity								₩ 10.0					$ 8.7