The percentage of proceeds received from sale of property, plant, and equipment

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets, including but not limited to property plant and equipment, intangible assets and equity in securities of subsidiaries or equity method investee.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 360
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=68055307&loc=d3e2443-110228

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The cash inflow from the sale of long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98514028&loc=d3e3179-108585

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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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Property, Plant and Equipment - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	May 31, 2017	Nov. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017	Jun. 30, 2018	Jun. 30, 2017
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment					$ 603	$ 130,962
Pre-tax gain at close			$ 0	$ 108,109	$ 0	$ 108,109
Korea
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment	$ 142,400
Percentage of proceeds received		10.00%
Pre-tax gain at close	$ 108,100