South Korea’s SK Group chief ordered to pay ex-wife US$644 million in record divorce case

B BloombergSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-07-24 · 06:39 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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A South Korean court has ordered SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won to pay his former wife, Roh Soh-yeong, 944 billion won (US$644 million) in a divorce property division case. This ruling, if finalized, would represent South Korea's most expensive divorce settlement to date. The Seoul High Court's decision is lower than a previous award of 1.38 trillion won. Chey Tae-won, whose net worth is approximately US$5.6 billion, married Roh Soh-yeong, the daughter of a former president, in 1988. The public unraveling of their marriage began in 2015 when Chey revealed he had a child with another woman.

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Chey Tae-won revealed in 2015 that he had a child with another woman.

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Chey Tae-won married Roh Soh-yeong in 1988.

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Chey Tae-won is worth about US$5.6 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

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South Korean court ordered SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won to pay his former wife Roh Soh-yeong 944 billion won (US$644 million) in a divorce property division case.

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If finalized, the ruling would be South Korea’s most expensive divorce ever.

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A ⁠South ⁠Korean court ⁠on Friday ordered SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won to pay his former ‌wife Roh Soh-yeong 944 billion won (US$644 million) in a divorce-related property division case, lower than a previous 1.38 trillion won ⁠award that had drawn scrutiny of his stake in the group’s holding company.If finalised, the ruling from the Seoul High Court would be South Korea’s most expensive divorce ever. Chey is worth about US$5.6 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, with his net worth more than doubling in the last year.Chey married Roh, the daughter of a former president, in 1988, uniting two storied political and business dynasties in what was one of the country’s most high-profile weddings at the time. They have three children together. But things began to unravel publicly in 2015, when Chey, who is chairman of SK Group, revealed he had a child with another woman.

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