{
  "id": 886840,
  "title": "SK Group chairman again appeals divorce suit to Supreme Court",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/sk-group-chairman-again-appeals-divorce-suit-to-supreme-court-886840",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T16:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/20260815/sk-group-chairman-again-appeals-divorce-suit-to-supreme-court"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Chey Tae-won, chairman of the SK Group, has once again petitioned the Supreme Court to reconsider a recent court ruling that mandates him to pay his ex-wife, Roh Soh-yeong, 944 billion won in property division. The Seoul High Court issued this ruling in July, following a review by the Supreme Court in October of the previous year. The amount, which is lower than the initial 1.38 trillion won ordered in 2024, includes a 2 billion won alimony payment to Roh, who is the daughter of former President Roh Tae-woo.\n\nThis appeal comes as Chey first filed for divorce in 2017 after confessing to having an affair and a child with another woman in 2015. Chey and Roh, who wed in 1988, share three children. Despite the ongoing legal battle, experts suggest that the likelihood of the Supreme Court overturning the ruling is slim, as the case was already reviewed at the lower court level in October of the prior year.",
  "summary": "SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has appealed the latest court ruling ordering him to pay 944 billion won ($668 million) in property division to his former wife, Roh Soh-yeong, sources said Saturday. In July, the Seoul High Court handed down the ruling after the Supreme Court sent the case back for review in October last year while finalizing the divorce and Chey's alimony payment of 2 billion won…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Samsung chairman remains unpaid, SK Group chief receives $1.23 mil. in H1",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/samsung-chairman-remains-unpaid-sk-group-chief-receives-1-23-mil-in-h1",
        "published": "2026-08-14T11:42:04.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "SK Group chairman again appeals divorce suit to Supreme Court",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/sk-group-chairman-again-appeals-divorce-suit-to-supreme-court",
        "published": "2026-08-14T15:02:12.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}