Choi Tae-won and Noh So-young’s divorce settlement reminds us of the duty of marriage as a dedication [배정원의 핫한 시대]

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President Choi and his housemate have been criticized for actions that deeply embarrassed Mr. Roh.
Please don’t interpret the ruling as representing ‘Confucian marriage supremacy’.

Presently, the Republic of Korea could be very a lot alive with tales concerning the breakup of a conglomerate household and the next division of property. That is the divorce swimsuit between Choi Tae-won, the chairman of SK Group, the second largest enterprise within the enterprise world, and his spouse Noh So-young, the director of the Butterfly Artwork Heart. Within the first trial, the courtroom thought-about that the contribution made by Director Roh to the creation of his fund was only one.2% of the SK fund, inflicting controversy. She lived as a married couple for 35 years, raised their kids, fully managed and managed the household because the spouse of the second largest conglomerate within the enterprise world, and suffered bodily and psychological ache, together with emotions of betrayal and self-destruction, as a result of her husband’s public affairs.

On Could 30, the trial of Choi and Noh’s divorce utility was introduced, and their divorce battle entered a brand new section. However, many have been speaking concerning the divorce of this couple. First, President Chey Tae-on began stepping into adultery and his uncommon conduct together with his housemate has been talked about within the mouth of well-known folks for a very long time. Round 2008, Chairman Choi began speaking about divorce, saying that her marriage was breaking apart, and Director Noh So-young firmly refused a divorce, saying that she would hold her promise of marriage and her household.

Stating the severity of President Choi’s ‘disloyalty declaration’ letter

Then, in December 2015, President Choi despatched a letter to a media outlet and revealed that ‘our marriage has already damaged down, and he has a girlfriend and a toddler out of wedlock.’ This letter, which gave the impression to be a confession, shocked society by saying that he had cherished and lived with one other individual for a very long time and that that they had an illegitimate youngster too, and that he would not disguise it due to his beliefs and religions. he would stay with an illegitimate youngster. President Choi didn’t cease at the moment, however he established a basis for his spouse, whose title was Kim, to be the chairman of the board, treating her as a partner, and even along with her to outdoors social occasions.

Accordingly, in 2019, Director Noh So-young turned concerned in divorce proceedings, concluding with the phrases, ‘I believe I ought to ship my husband to the world pleased he desires a lot.’ In truth, it’s clear that President Chey Tae received the responsible partner in our nation, the place monogamy is established within the structure. Though the wedding had damaged down, Director Noh made it clear that he would shield his household and his marriage, and it’s true that Mr. Kim, who was residing with Chairman Choi, actually embarrassed her by numerous actions. The appeals courtroom harshly criticized Chairman Choi and Mr. Kim for his or her actions and ordered them to compensate for the ache they induced Director Roh, the opposite celebration to the wedding, in within the title of affection.

The courtroom judged the cruelty of the letter despatched by President Choi from jail in 2008 to Director Roh and his kids, saying, “I’ll confess, I’ll confess and I’ll proceed the case I’ve, “and his earlier actions of not paying residing bills and proscribing using bank cards after the divorce swimsuit I requested about every mistake. He additionally went to acknowledge director Noh’s contribution to housekeeping throughout his lengthy marriage.

After all, it isn’t an actual motive to say that President Choi’s actions have been reprehensible in our society, which specifies ‘monogamy’ within the structure and places emphasis on the seriousness of marriage. Though Chairman Choi’s loyalty was that he needed to stay his life truthfully and with out lies, not overlaying his eyes and leaving goodbye and taking part in like a window couple regardless that they already strangers, his methods have been silly, careless, and really violent. Though infidelity could be love and happiness for the events concerned within the new relationship, this can be very humiliating, merciless, and causes a drop in vanity for the partner on the opposite aspect. one other.

Regardless of how the connection between two folks broke up, I imagine that they need to respect one another’s life and livelihood till the time they break up. Since Noh So-young’s life needed to proceed as a person, not as a partner or as a chaebol spouse, it will be proper to guard her pleasure because the mom of her kids. Even when you have a brand new lover and also you need to do every part for her self-respect, the events who first broke the wedding promise have to be ashamed to attend with bated breath till the connection is over.

From that perspective, this determination, which pressured each adulterous events to pay numerous compensation, was a heartwarming occasion for a lot of Korean ladies who have been unfairly kicked out after to obtain meager alimony as a result of their husband’s unilateral infidelity, which got here to move. their households being damaged up It additionally raises the prospect that it is going to be a option to shield them in comparable trials.

Nevertheless, I hope this ruling is not going to cease the rational motion of divorce right now, which is shifting in the direction of damage fairly than crime. I additionally hope that it’ll not go towards the altering marriage and divorce patterns of the present era, who lead various lives. As well as, I hope that this appeals courtroom is not going to be interpreted as a ruling that represents the supremacy of Confucian marriage, which insists that the upkeep of marriage is superb. and even when one member have been dissatisfied inside it, it have to be accepted unconditionally as a result of there was a promise. finished.

Roh Tae-woo’s slush fund have to be liquidated on a public stage

On this enchantment trial, the courtroom overturned the primary trial, which sentenced Director Noh So-young to share property of 66.5 billion received and alimony of 100 million received , and sentenced her to win 1.3808 trillion and win 2 billion in alimony, and an quantity that’s whopping 20 occasions larger, in cash. The explanation the courtroom made that call is that Director Roh’s father, the late former President Roh Tae-woo, gave 30 billion received slush cash to Sunkyung, who was at SK, and that SK took over Yugong and Korea Cellular Telecommunications within the Nineteen Nineties, serving to Roh grow to be profitable. When his daughter turned Seon-kyung’s daughter-in-law, former President Roh delivered 30 billion received in slush cash to his in-law, who was SK Chairman on the time, Choi Jong-hyun, and obtained six promissory notes price 5 billion received as tokens, which have been recorded and saved secret for many years.

President Choi is protesting that the slush fund memo submitted by Mrs Kim was admitted into proof, saying it has disrespected many staff and ‘ firm that they’ve grown by their efforts and challenges, however it’s uncertain if it may be actual. free from this The couple’s divorce is a personal matter, however for the reason that wealth they acquired displays former President Roh’s unlawful slush cash, I imagine this could to finish within the public area as effectively.

Their divorce is now a personal matter (it may be thought-about personal for the couple of the chairman of SK Group, the second largest enterprise in Korea), but it surely has entered the general public sphere within the household divorce case. I hope that Director Noh So-young, who is named a reliable, frugal, and upright individual, will apologize for the existence and use of Roh Tae-woo’s slush fund that has solely simply been revealed, and for the humiliation of the general public felt. on the brutality of energy. And if he can provide society a option to get well, would not many individuals reward and assist Director Noh, who comes out of his marriage and lives a brand new life with confidence?

Bae Jeong-won, Affiliate Professor at Sejong College (Ph.D. in Public Well being)

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