Former Korean Air Vice President Cho Hyun-ah Changes Name to 'Cho Seung-yeon'

by Bang Jeil

Published 07 Jul.2023 07:55(KST)

Updated 07 Jul.2023 16:43(KST)

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Absence from Memorial Event for Late Former Chairman Cho Yang-ho for 4th Year
Ceased External Activities After Failing to Seize Management Control

Cho Hyun-ah (49), former Vice President of Korean Air, has been confirmed to have changed her name to 'Cho Seung-yeon.'

According to the business community on the 6th, former Vice President Cho applied to the court for a name change and received approval. Cho, who was once actively involved in management, stepped down from all positions within the group, including Vice President of Korean Air and roles at the Hotel Shilla Network, following the so-called 'nut rage' incident in 2014.

Cho Hyun-ah (49), former Vice President of Korean Air, has been confirmed to have changed her name to 'Cho Seung-yeon'. The photo is not related to the specific content of the article. [Photo by Yonhap News]

After a self-imposed hiatus of 3 years and 4 months, former Vice President Cho returned in March 2018 as President of the group affiliate Hotel Shilla Network.

However, just about two weeks after her return, in April of the same year, her younger sister Cho Hyun-min, Executive Director of Hanjin Kal (currently President of Hanjin), was involved in the widely publicized 'water cup power abuse' incident. The scandal involving verbal abuse and power harassment by the owner family spread again, drawing public criticism, and former Vice President Cho stepped down from all positions once more, partly voluntarily and partly under pressure.

In April 2019, a year later, the late Cho Yang-ho, former Chairman of the Hanjin Group, passed away. Former Vice President Cho formed a 'three-party alliance' with the private equity fund KCGI and Bando Construction to challenge her younger brother Cho Won-tae, Chairman of the Hanjin Group, in a battle for management rights but was defeated.

After failing to secure control of management, former Vice President Cho reportedly cut off contact with her siblings and ceased all external activities. She has not attended the memorial events for former Chairman Cho Yang-ho for four consecutive years, including this year.