Chey Tae-won's 244 billion won challenge is the only appeal left on a 944 billion won award
Roh Soh-yeong did not file a cross-appeal against SK chairman Chey Tae-won's Supreme Court appeal of her 944 billion won award. Chey has limited his challenge to 244 billion won, the Korea Herald reported, so 700 billion won is no longer in dispute.
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Key figures: the retrial court set Roh's share at 33%; the earlier appellate ruling awarded her 35 percent; the Seoul High Court valued the couple's divisible assets at about 2.9 trillion won.
| Figure | Value | Note | Claim |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roh's share set by the retrial court | 33% | 8 | |
| Earlier appellate award to Roh | 35% | 5 | |
| Divisible assets, about | 2.9 trillion won | 3 |
What happened
- After the Supreme Court remand, the Seoul High Court valued the couple's divisible assets at about 2.9 trillion won, including roughly 2 trillion won in SK shares, and gave Roh one-third.
- Chey's lawyers call one-third excessive because the Supreme Court ruled last year that an alleged 30 billion won slush fund tied to Roh Tae-woo could not count among her contributions.
- Chey also disputes counting SK share price gains after the valuation cutoff and including the SK Siltron stake he acquired in 2017, after the marriage had broken down.
- The Supreme Court is expected to assign a justice to the case once it receives Roh's response to Chey's appeal brief.
Why it matters
- constraint Roh's side asks the court for no change on ratio or scope, so any movement from 944 billion won can come only from the grounds Chey has raised.
- exposure The award is payable in cash and equals 47.2% of the roughly 2 trillion won of SK shares in the pool, while the 244 billion won in dispute equals 12.2% of that stake.
- contradiction The Korea Herald sizes Chey's challenge at 244 billion won, but Seoul Economic Daily says his valuation and SK Siltron arguments keep the asset-scope fight alive, and those arguments act on the 2.9 trillion won base, not only the ratio.
Chey's own filing sets the size of the fight. He has effectively accepted 700 billion won of the award, according to the Korea Herald [18], so the dispute is 244 billion won, or rather 25.8% of the 944 billion won ordered [11]. On the court's base of about 2.9 trillion won of divisible assets [3], the 700 billion he accepts works out to a 24.1% share for Roh, about nine points under the 33% the retrial court set [8] and about eleven under the 35% the earlier appellate ruling awarded [5][12].
That puts the payout in a range of 700 billion to 944 billion won [18][2]. The Supreme Court could reject the appeal and leave 944 billion won standing. It could accept the ratio argument in part and cut somewhere inside the 244 billion won Chey has put in play. Or it could send the case back, which is how the last round ended [2], and this is already the second Supreme Court review [10]. We think the range holds unless there is a second remand. A remand would prove that wrong: the 244 billion won limit is a term of Chey's appeal, and the sources do not say it would bind a retrial.
A cross-appeal would have let Roh contest the portions of the ruling that went against her [16]. Seoul Economic Daily says her side appears to have judged that the court was unlikely to change the ratio or the scope of divisible assets [15]. The Korea Herald, citing legal sources for the filing itself, did not report a reason [1].
What to watch
- Roh's response to Chey's appeal brief, and whether it raises anything beyond the ratio and asset scope before a justice is assigned.
- Whether the Supreme Court rules on the merits or remands a second time; neither report gives a ruling date.
- Any disclosure from Chey's side on how a cash award of up to 944 billion won would be funded against the SK shares in the pool.
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Reality
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- [1]
Roh's lawyers did not file a cross-appeal by Tuesday's deadline, legal sources said Wednesday, leaving only SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won's appeal before the Supreme Court.
- [2]
In July the Seoul High Court, rehearing the case after a Supreme Court remand, ordered Chey to pay Roh 944 billion won in cash.
- [3]
The Seoul High Court valued the couple's divisible assets at about 2.9 trillion won, including roughly 2 trillion won in SK shares, and awarded one-third to Roh.
- [4]
Chey's lawyers argue Roh's one-third share remains excessive after the Supreme Court ruled last year that an alleged 30 billion won slush fund linked to her father, former President Roh Tae-woo, could not be counted among her contributions to the marital assets.
- [5]
The earlier appellate ruling awarded Roh 35 percent; the revised share is only slightly below it.
- [6]
Chey also disputes the court's consideration of SK share price gains after the asset valuation cutoff in determining Roh's share, and its inclusion of his SK Siltron stake, acquired in 2017 after the marriage had broken down.
- [7]
The Supreme Court is expected to assign a justice to review the case after receiving Roh's response to Chey's appeal brief.
- [8]
Chey's appeal brief, submitted on the 12th, made the appropriateness of the division ratio its central issue; the retrial court set Roh's share at 33%.
- [9]
Chey's arguments on share valuation and on including the SK Siltron stake signal that the dispute over which assets are subject to division will also continue.
- [10]
Seoul Economic Daily describes the case as the second Supreme Court review of the asset division.
- [11]
The 244 billion won Chey contests is about 25.8% of the 944 billion won award.
- [12]
On the court's roughly 2.9 trillion won base, the 700 billion won Chey accepts is about 24.1% of divisible assets, about 9 points below the 33% retrial share and about 11 points below the 35% earlier appellate share.
- [13]
The 944 billion won award equals about 47.2% of the roughly 2 trillion won of SK shares in the divisible pool.
- [14]
The 244 billion won in dispute equals about 12.2% of the roughly 2 trillion won of SK shares in the divisible pool.
- [15]
Roh's side appears to have decided against a cross-appeal after concluding there was little chance the Supreme Court would alter the division ratio or the scope of assets subject to division.
- [16]
A cross-appeal is a procedure that allows a party to contest the portions of a lower court ruling unfavorable to them in response to the other side's appeal.
- [17]
Roh's decision means she will not seek to overturn parts of the ruling concerning which assets are subject to division or how they are split.
- [18]
Chey appealed in August but later limited his challenge to 244 billion won, effectively accepting 700 billion won of the award.
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Sources
2 independent publishers whose own reporting we read for this story.
- en.sedaily.comNoh Soh-yeong Skips Cross-Appeal in Asset Split With SK Chief
1 article · October 13, 2026
- koreaherald.comRoh forgoes appeal in W944b divorce dispute with SK chief
1 article · October 13, 2026
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