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Park Jung-ho, former SK Hynix vice chairman, gets 16.9 billion won in second year after retirement; 288.1 billion won still due

Park Jung-ho, an executive advisory member at SK Hynix and former vice chairman, received 26.5 billion won in the 18 months after leaving, according to a half-year report filed on Aug. 14. His pay totalled 9.61 billion won in 2025 and 16.9 billion won in the first half of 2026, largely from settlement of long-term incentives granted while he was a registered executive. The company estimated unpaid SARs and performance shares at 288.1 billion won.

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SK Hynix CEO Kawk No-jeong earned 26.1 billion won; Samsung Electronics head Jeon Young-hyun got 2.4 billion won, a 10.9-fold gap

SK Hynix CEO Kawk No-jeong (곽노정) received 26.1 billion won in the first half of 2026, while Samsung Electronics CEO Jeon Young-hyun (전영현) received 2.4 billion won, according to the companies’ semiannual filings. SK Hynix’s directors and auditors received 33.6 billion won in total compensation, with 79.3 percent tied to stock-based rewards. Samsung Electronics reported no unexercised stock options granted to its directors, auditors or executive officers as of mid-2026.