Former Dong Ah chairman reaches divorce settlement

By Kim Yoo-chul

Staff reporter

Choi Won-suk, a former chairman of the now-defunct Dong Ah Group, has just reached a separation agreement with his wife Chang Eun-young, ending their 11-year marriage, legal sources said.

The 67-year-old Choi and 40-year-old Chang have agreed to terminate their legal relationship for some unknown "personal reasons," according to their lawyers, Friday.

Representatives of Choi or Chang weren't available for comments.

"Further details of financial compensation weren't included in the agreement as they've already reached a broad consensus over the division of their assets,’’ Choi's lawyer was quoted as saying by Yonhap News Agency.

"The former chairman has decided to let her go," the lawyer said.

The two got married in 1999 in a wedding that attracted much attention due to the significant age gap, in addition to their respective fame.

Choi was the Dong Ah Group chairman between 1977 and 2001. Chang, a former Miss Korea, quit her six-year job in broadcasting right before the marriage, reports say.

Chang was Choi's third wife after a well-known Korean celebrity Kim Hye-jeong and Bae In-soon, a member of the song group ― Pearl Sisters.