Shin So Min's first name is So Min. Normally seen in a business suit with a good cut, she is a middle-aged woman tending toward the solid side. In reality, she is a Chinese handler sent by the Chinese government to subvert Jung Il-woo to become a sleeper for their intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security.

So Min has recruited a construction worker to heckle the young Canadian to harass him. If So Min can keep Il-woo dissatisfied with the American way of life, she is certain he will succumb to her idealogical advances. So Min drinks with Il-woo at Kerre’s Dive and always pays for the drinks.

We first meet So Min in Book 1 of The Human-Hybrid Project, Shattered by Glass.