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South Korea's 'Divorce of the Century': Why SK Group chairman's divorce bill fell from $940 million to $644 million

A South Korean court ordered an AI chip-manufacturing tycoon on Friday to make a trimmed-down $644 million divorce payment to his former wife. The Supreme Court had already separately ordered Chey to make an alimony payment to Roh of 2 billion won. cdl-sjh/jts/djw

The Economic Times · Jul 24

South Korea’s top court upholds prison term for former president Yoon in martial law case

Ruling aligns with views of Constitutional Court, which, in removing Yoon Suk Yeol from office in 2025, found his martial law decree lacked legal basis and failed to follow required procedures

The Independent UK · Jul 9

South Korean court reduces prison sentence for ex-prime minister in martial law case

An appeals court has reduced to 15 years the prison sentence of a former prime minister over his involvement in then President Yoon Suk Yeol’s imposition of martial law in late 2024

The Independent UK · May 7

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Judge who sentenced South Korea’s former first lady to jail found dead

Judge Shin Jong-o had extended former first lady Kim Keon Hee’s sentence to four years and imposed a fine of 50m won

The Independent UK · May 6

South Korean court sentences ex-President Yoon to 7 years for charges including resisting arrest

South Korean appeals court on Wednesday sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to seven years in prison for resisting arrest and bypassing a legitimate Cabinet meeting before his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024

The Independent UK · Apr 29

South Korean court convicts wife of ousted President Yoon on further corruption charges

An appeals court has raised to four years the corruption sentence for the wife of South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol

The Independent UK · Apr 28

South Korean scholar acquitted of defaming sexual slavery victims during Japan colonial rule

South Korea’s top court has cleared a scholar of charges that she defamed Korean sexual slavery victims during the Japanese colonial rule in her contentious book published in 2013

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2023

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