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


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  • Thursday, 16 Oct 2025

The logos of SK Hynix is seen at its headquarters in Seongnam, South Korea, April 25, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL (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.

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