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Court orders SK Group chairman Choi Tae-won to pay Roh So-young 944 billion won in asset division
A Seoul appeals court ordered SK Group Chairman Choi Tae-won to pay 944 billion won to Roh So-young, director of Art Center Nabi, in an asset division ruling. The amount is more than 400 billion won lower than the 1.38 trillion won set by an earlier appeal court. The court included Choi’s SK Inc stake in the assets. The dispute has centred on whether the shares were divisible and which date to use for valuation.
AI & Enterprise
Salesforce says it will be a partner for agentic enterprise transition
Salesforce presented an “agentic enterprise” built on its AI agent platform Agentforce as a next growth model. At an event in Seoul, Salesforce Korea CEO Sejin Park said companies should transition and that Salesforce would connect back office, data and workforce operations to create measurable business value. Salesforce said it has deployed more than 300 internal agents and that Agentforce has grown into an $800 million business. It also introduced “Headless 360” and showcased customer cases at POSCO and Musinsa.
Industry
Global ESG focus shifts to governance, South Korean companies face urgent response
The focus of global ESG is shifting rapidly toward corporate governance, as shareholder proposals in the United States increasingly target board structure and capital policy. In South Korea, a series of Commercial Act revisions and mandatory treasury share cancellations are strengthening governance rules and raising pressure on major groups. Some companies are moving early to cancel shares, while others are adding exception clauses or reshaping board structures, prompting warnings of longer-term governance risk premiums.
