Amount of accumulated interest costs capitalized as part of property, plant and equipment cost basis.

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The amount of expense recognized in the current period that reflects the allocation of the cost of tangible assets over the assets' useful lives. Includes production and non-production related depreciation.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 230

-SubTopic 10

-Section 45

-Paragraph 28

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Amount before accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Examples include, but are not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, and furniture and fixtures.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 360

-SubTopic 10

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (b)

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13)

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Property, Plant and Equipment (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Total depreciation expense	$ 124,100,000us-gaap_Depreciation	$ 108,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	5,423,611,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross		5,369,418,000us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentGross
Land [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	207,985,000		207,985,000
Construction in Progress [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	64,324,000		39,261,000
K5 Factory [Member] \| Land [Member] \| KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	104,100,000		104,100,000
K5 Factory [Member] \| Construction in Progress [Member] \| KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	49,900,000		29,800,000
Accumulated Capitalized Interest Costs	$ 10,800,000		$ 8,600,000