Aug 15 (Reuters) - SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has

appealed a South Korean court ruling ordering him to pay 944

billion won ($668.52 million) to his former wife Roh Soh-yeong

in a record divorce settlement, Yonhap reported on Saturday.

The Seoul High Court ruled in late July that Chey should

make the cash payment as a division of marital assets, while

retaining his shares in SK Inc, the holding company

of South Korea's second-largest conglomerate.

($1 = 1,412.0800 won)