Noh So-young, the daughter of the former Korean president, divorced her husband because she discovered that he had cheated on her and had a child with his girlfriend.
The divorce of Choi Tae-won and Noh So-young can be said to be the divorce that shocked the whole of Korea.
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Choi Tae-won, chairman of Korea’s third largest conglomerate SK, and his ex-wife Noh So-young (daughter of former Korean president Noh Tae-woo) divorced due to adultery scandal and illegitimate daughter . This tycoon’s divorce lasted for many years, attracting public attention.
Choi Tae-won and Noh So-young met while studying abroad in Chicago, USA. After Mr. Noh Tae-woo took office as President of South Korea in 1988, Choi Tae-won and Noh So-young held their wedding ceremony at the Blue House in September of the same year. They have two daughters and one son.
At the end of December 2015, Choi Tae-won publicly posted a handwritten letter to the media, admitting he was living with another woman and they had a 6-year-old daughter. Tae-won’s “little wife” is a divorced woman, Korean-American, named Chloe Kim.
According to sources in the financial industry, Noh So-young knew her husband was having an affair and had a child 6 years ago. However, to preserve the honor of her family and SK, she still chose to endure, even when her ex-husband always expressed that he wanted a divorce. Their messy divorce that lasted for many years is considered the most expensive divorce in Korea to date.
The divorce case between SK Group Chairman Mr. Choi Tae-won and Ms. Roh Soh-yeong (daughter of former Korean President Roh Tae-woo) has officially closed after the ruling of the Seoul High Court (Korea). Country).
Accordingly, Mr. Choi Tae-won had to pay his ex-wife a huge amount of up to 1,380 billion won – a record number in the history of divorce cases in Korea. Previously, in 2022, the first instance court announced that Mr. Choi Tae-won had to pay an amount of 66.5 billion won and a subsidy of 100 million won.
The court’s decision was made based on evidence that Mr. Choi Tae-won was at fault in the marriage. The judge pointed out Mr. Choi Tae-won’s treacherous behavior when he refused to financially support his wife and children after filing for divorce.
This billionaire even cut off Ms. Roh Soh-yeong’s credit card in February 2019, when the couple had not yet officially divorced. The judge emphasized: “Mr. Choi Tae-won showed no remorse for his adultery and completely disrespected the sanctity of marriage.”
Not only that, the court also rejected the previous first instance court’s ruling that Mr. Choi Tae-won’s shares at SK Group were not subject to asset division. The judge affirmed that Ms. Roh Soh-yeong has made certain contributions to the development of the group, and her family also supported SK Group a lot in the early days of its establishment.
“Former President Roh Tae-woo (Mrs. Roh Soh-yeong’s father) was the person who supported late Chairman Chey Jong-hyun (Choi Tae-won’s father) during the management of SK Group. It can be seen , Ms. Roh Soh-yeong’s family has made great contributions to the development of SK Group,” the judge said.
According to estimates, the total assets of this powerful couple is about 4,000 billion won, of which the distribution ratio for Mr. Choi Tae-won and Ms. Roh Soh-yeong is 65% and 35%, respectively.
Source: Yonhap
