Chairman Chey Tae-won receives 19.5 billion won in interim dividends from SK Inc.…drawing attention as a source for property division

SK Corp. has decided on an interim dividend of 1,500 won per share for both common and preferred stock.

The total payout is 82.65935 billion won, and Chairman Chey Tae-won will receive about 19.4632 billion won based on his 17.9% stake.

This marks SK’s ninth straight year of interim dividends, drawing market attention to possible links with the divorce property-settlement payment.

Investors are watching whether Chey’s dividend income could help fund part of the 944 billion won property division judgment.