New Delhi, July 25 -- A South Korean court on Friday ordered Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group, to pay his ex-wife Roh Soh-yeong 944 billion won ($644 million) in a divorce settlement, reducing the amount from an earlier ruling that had awarded her 1.38 trillion won ($940 million).

According to AFP, the revised ruling was delivered after South Korea's Supreme Court directed the Seoul High Court to reconsider its 2024 judgment.

The case, which has attracted widespread attention in South Korea, has been described by local media as the "divorce of the century" because of the enormous financial stakes involved.

However, the legal battle is not yet over. Either party can still refer the case back to the Supreme Court, meaning the settlemen...