South Korea’s ‘divorce of the century’ results in order for SK chair to pay ex-wife $640 million

A South Korean court ordered SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won to pay his ex-wife Roh So-yeong $640 million in a high-profile divorce case. The ruling reduced a prior $940 million settlement and followed a Supreme Court directive for further review. The case involved allegations of financial contributions from Roh’s father, a former president, to SK during his presidency, which the Supreme Court later dismissed as a legal factor.