SK Chairman's Daughter Defends Maritime Border

The daughter of disgraced SK Group chairman Chey Tae-won now serves with a naval unit defending the maritime border with North Korea in the West Sea, a military source said Tuesday.

Chey Min-jung was commissioned as a naval officer in November 2014 and has been posted to a frontline unit under the 2nd Fleet responsible for guarding the Northern Limit Line.

Chey relays orders from the commander to other vessels and oversees intelligence gathering. She apparently also takes part in missions along the NLL.

After graduating from Peking University, Chey joined the Navy in 2014 and last year served six months in anti-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia.