Samsung Split

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The court has ruled on Samsung heiress and Hotel Shilla CEO Lee Boo-jin’s divorce with Im Woo-jae, former advisor to Samsung Electro-Mechanics, ending their 17-year marriage. Accepting Lee's divorce request, the court has ordered her to pay her ex-husband a divorce settlement of 8.6 billion won.

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It was the union of an heiress and an ordinary rank-and-file employee. It was called the wedding of the century, when the two finally got married after a four-year courtship. But the court has decided the couple should divorce, ending their 17-year marriage. The Seoul Family Court accepted a petition by Hotel Shilla head Lee Boo-jin to divorce Im Woo-jae, a former adviser of Samsung Electro-Mechanics. The court ruled that Lee must pay Im 8.6 billion won in a divorce settlement. Lee was also granted custody of their son. Im was given visiting rights to see the child once a month. Neither Lee nor Im showed up for the ruling. Im's representatives hinted at an appeal, claiming that some items were left out during the division of assets process. Lee had filed for divorce at the Seongnam branch of the Suwon District Court in 2014 and won the first round of the trial. But Im filed for an appeal, claiming there was a trial jurisdiction issue. The court accepted the petition for an appeal and sent the case over to the Seoul Family Court after scrapping the initial ruling. The Seoul Family Court started hearing the case again from the beginning and held three rounds of mediation, all of which failed, leading to the final ruling for the couple to divorce.