Chairman Choi Tae-won Visits Late Chairman Shin Chun-ho's Funeral Hall: "Very Regrettable"

Chairman Chey Tae-won of SK is exchanging greetings with Shin Dong-ik, Vice Chairman of Megamart and third son of Chairman Shin Chun-ho of Nongshim, at the funeral hall.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Hye-seon] On the evening of the 27th around 9 PM, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won visited the funeral hall of the late Shin Chun-ho, Chairman of Nongshim Group, to offer condolences to the bereaved family.

Chairman Chey Tae-won is a high school (Shinil High School) and university (Korea University) classmate of Shin Dong-ik, Vice Chairman of Megamart. Chairman Chey said, "I came as a friend of Vice Chairman Shin Dong-ik," adding, "I saw Chairman Shin Chun-ho often during high school, and I remember being scolded by him for something I did wrong at that time." He continued, "It is very regrettable that Chairman Shin has passed away."

Chairman Shin passed away at 3:38 AM that day due to an illness. The funeral hall was set up in Room 1 of the Seoul National University Hospital Funeral Hall in Jongno-gu, Seoul. The chief mourners include his eldest son Shin Dong-won, Vice Chairman of Nongshim; Shin Dong-yoon, Vice Chairman of Yulchon Chemical; Shin Dong-ik, Vice Chairman of Megamart; Shin Hyun-joo, Vice Chairman of Nongshim Planning; and Shin Yoon-kyung, wife of Amorepacific Group Chairman Seo Kyung-bae, totaling three sons and two daughters.

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