SK, "Noh So-young Requests to Vacate 'Art Center Nabi Museum'" Lawsuit Filed Last Month (Comprehensive)

Chairman Chey Tae-won of SK Group, Director Noh So-young of Art Center Nabi Photo by Yonhap News

Choi Tae-won, chairman of SK Group (63), has filed a lawsuit asking the Art Center Nabi Museum, directed by No So-young (62), who is currently undergoing a divorce lawsuit, to vacate the SK building where it is located.

According to the legal community on the 23rd, SK Innovation filed a lawsuit on April 14th at the Seoul Central District Court against the Art Center Nabi Museum, claiming the delivery of real estate and other demands.

Art Center Nabi, which reopened in December 2000 as the successor to the former Walkerhill Museum, is located on the 4th floor of the Seorin Building, the headquarters of SK Group in Jongno-gu, Seoul.

The Seorin Building is managed by SK Innovation, a key affiliate of SK Group. The contract with Art Center Nabi is known to have ended around 2018-2019.

Chairman Choi and Director No married in September 1988, the first year of the late President Roh Tae-woo’s inauguration, and had three children, but their marriage ended in divorce.

In 2015, Chairman Choi revealed the existence of an extramarital child and announced his intention to divorce Director No. The formal legal divorce process began in earnest when Chairman Choi filed for divorce mediation in July 2017, but after the mediation failed, a formal divorce lawsuit started in February 2018.

Director No, who initially refused the divorce, filed a countersuit against Chairman Choi in December 2019, demanding 300 million won in alimony and requesting the division of half of the 12,975,472 SK shares held by Chairman Choi, amounting to 6,487,736 shares, as part of property division.

However, the first trial in December last year ruled that SK shares are special property and not subject to division, recognizing only 100 million won in alimony and 66.5 billion won in cash.

Both parties appealed, and the second trial is currently ongoing.

In March of this year, Director No also filed a lawsuit at the Seoul Family Court against Kim Hee-young, chairman of the T&C Foundation and cohabitant of Chairman Choi, seeking 3 billion won in damages.

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