70 years old woman in favor of the court on divorce suit

A 70 years old woman won the divorce suit against her spouse after 50 years of marriage.

On July 7th the family court declared a divorce between Choi (68) and Kim (70) along with slapping Choi with divided property payment of 450millon won and a consolation settlement of 50million won.

The court decided to accept Kim¡¯s request for divorce after they have acknowledged the fact that Choi had committed adultery and has continuously abused Kim through out the marriage.

Kim who was married in 1949 and gave birth to 6 children, has been brutally abused by her husband while in pregnancy for driving the mistress out of the house. Moreover she was not permitted to attend Choi¡¯s 60¡¯s birthday. After a long discussion with the rest of the family, Kim decided to file for divorce.

Jungeun Lee lightee@donga.com