South Korea's Supreme Court partially overturns ruling on SK chief's $1 bln divorce settlement

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16/10/2025 02:25

SEOUL, Oct 16 (Reuters) - South Korea's Supreme Court partially overturned on Thursday a previous ruling on SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won's divorce and division of property after the businessman had contested an  order for him to pay the country's largest divorce settlement.

Last year, the Seoul High Court had ruled that Chey must pay around $1 billion to his estranged wife Roh So-yeong as part of their planned divorce.

SK Group is South Korea's second-largest conglomerate with 363 trillion won ($255.45 billion) in assets as of 2025 according to Korea Fair Trade Commission data, with affiliates such as chipmaker SK Hynix 000660.KS.

 (Reporting by Joyce Lee
Editing by Ed Davies)

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