[2026 Asset Disclosure] Asset Gap Among Supreme Court Justices... Lee Sukyeon 24.3 Billion Won, Cheon Daeyeop 316 Million Won

Average Assets of Senior Judges: 4.4 Billion Won
Increase of 50 Million Won from Previous Year
Chief Justice Reports 1.8 Billion Won
Top Supreme Court Justices by Assets:
Lee Sukyeon, Seo Kyunghwan, Shin Sookhee

Justice Suk-Yeon Lee delivering an inaugural address at the swearing-in ceremony in 2024 / Photo by Yonhap News

The Supreme Court Justice with the largest assets is Justice Sukyeon Lee, who holds total assets amounting to 24.3 billion won. Chief Justice Heedae Cho reported assets totaling approximately 1.821 billion won.

According to the "2026 Public Officials' Regular Asset Change Report" released by the Supreme Court on March 26, the average total assets of the 136 senior judges subject to disclosure stood at 4.449 billion won, an increase of 51.35 million won on average compared to the previous year.

Chief Justice Cho reported assets totaling 1.821 billion won. Among these, an apartment in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, owned by his spouse, was valued at 1.099 billion won, and another apartment in Haengdang-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul, jointly owned with his spouse, was valued at 600 million won. He also reported a building lease liability of 1 billion won.

Among the Supreme Court Justices, Justice Sukyeon Lee (24.316 billion won), Justice Kyunghwan Seo (7.9 billion won), and Justice Sookhee Shin (4.7 billion won) had the highest reported assets in that order. The Supreme Court Justice with the least assets was Justice Daeyeob Cheon (316 million won).

Among senior judges, the "wealthiest" was Haeji Im, Chief Judge of Daegu Family Court, who reported 38.8 billion won in assets, making him the individual with the highest disclosed assets. Judge Hyungkeun Lee of the Seoul High Court (36.5 billion won), Seungryeon Lee, Director of the Judicial Policy Research Institute (20.2 billion won), and Seungeun Yoon, Presiding Judge at the Seoul High Court (18.6 billion won), also reported significant assets.

The senior judge with the least assets was Sangki Lim, Presiding Judge at the Suwon High Court, who reported 300 million won.

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