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Divorces Chey

Chey Tae-won and Roh Soh-yeong

SK Group chairman. 1988–2025.

South Korea calls it the divorce of the century. It’s on round five.

TL;DR

  • Married in 1988: the heir to SK and the daughter of South Korea’s sitting president. Separated since 2011. (Korea Herald; Wikipedia: Chey Tae-won)
  • Courts have priced the split at 66.5 billion won, then 1.38 trillion won, then 944 billion won ($644 million) in July 2026. (Korea Times)
  • The Supreme Court made the divorce itself final in October 2025. The money is headed back to the Supreme Court. (Korea Times; Wikipedia: Chey Tae-won)
SK GroupAPPEALED

Chey Tae-won and Roh Soh-yeong

1988–2025

$644M

944 billion won, ordered in the July 2026 retrial. He has appealed again.

Years
37
Kids
—
Per day
$48K
Rank
#8
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The box score

The marriage, scored like a season.

YRS
37
1988 to the Supreme Court’s ruling in 2025
DAYS
~13,500
days married, approximate
KIDS
—
not tallied here
SET
$644M
settlement
$/DAY
$48K
per day married
RK
#8
of 46 on record

Advanced stats

Per hour married
$2K
Median U.S. household incomes, per day
0.6
In $1 bills, stacked
44 miles

Per-day figures divide the settlement by the days married, approximate where the exact dates aren’t public. Household income: U.S. Census Bureau, Income in the United States: 2024, Sep 9, 2025. $1-bill thickness: Bureau of Engraving and Printing, currency facts (archived).

Round by round

Five rulings, four amounts, one marriage. Amounts are in won; Round 2 is the high-water mark so far.

Sources: (Korea Times; The Financial News; Wikipedia: Chey Tae-won)

The receipts

20x

How much the 2024 appeals ruling raised the award over the 2022 one.

(Korea Times)

1/3

Her share of his SK Inc. stake in the 2026 retrial, paid in cash instead of shares.

(Korea Herald)

₩2B

Damages for emotional harm, made final by the Supreme Court in 2025.

(Korea Times)

3x

How much SK Group shares had risen since he went public in December 2015, as of July 2026.

(AFP)

Where it ranks

No. 8 of 46 divorces with a reported price tag.

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Timeline

  1. 1988

    Married. (Korea Herald)

  2. Sep 2011

    Separated. (Wikipedia: Chey Tae-won)

  3. Dec 2015

    He announces he wants a divorce. (Wikipedia: Chey Tae-won)

  4. 2017

    He files. (AFP)

  5. 2019

    She files a counterclaim accepting the divorce. (Korea Times)

  6. Dec 2022

    First ruling: 66.5 billion won. (Korea Times)

  7. May 2024

    Appeals ruling: 1.38 trillion won. (Korea Times)

  8. Oct 16, 2025

    Supreme Court overturns the property split and makes the divorce final. (Korea Times)

  9. Jul 24, 2026

    Retrial: 944 billion won. (Korea Times)

  10. Aug 2026

    Back to the Supreme Court. (Wikipedia: Chey Tae-won)

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