Snowdrop – Kang Cheong-ya (Yoo In-na)

Kang Cheong-ya

(♀️, 34 years old) University Hospital Surgeon

When she strides into the operating theatre she’s a skilled, confidence-inspiring doctor, but when she sits down in red heels and overpowers a mark she’s more seductive than Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct. She may seem like a pure, devotional young girl, but she’s a woman like Salome or Medusa who can make even a sovereign wielding absolute power into a broken toy in a single moment. Though meticulous and circumspect, she can turn on a dime and become aggressive and valorous like a gladiator, so it’s impossible to fathom her thoughts, her true identity.

She’s close to Nam Tae-il–the second most powerful man in Korea and favorite of <Code One>– trusted by his wife, Jo Seong-shim, and has been both the family doctor and Nam Tae-il’s secret mistress for three years now. She’s in the process of turning the tiger that is Nam Tae-il, the likely next presidential candidate, into a tame kitten...


A few notes on the above:

  • Elsewhere her full job title is given as Head of Surgery at the Hankuk Central Medical Centre.
  • Though not listed in her profile, her code name is ‘Moran-bong 1’ (Moran Hill 1 in the Disney+ subs). Moranbong (‘Peony Peak’) forms a park in central Pyongyang and is the site of multiple monuments as well as the Pyongyang TV Tower.
  • Her birth name is revealed to be Kim Eun-hye though, unlike Soo-ho’s name, it’s not given in her official profile. Riko Kanemoto (카네모또 리코・金本りこ) is another alias of hers.
  • ‘Code One’ is how they refer to the sitting president. As Secretary General of the ruling Aemin Party, Nam Tae-il is the second most powerful man in the party and a likely candidate in the next presidential election. Neither is an actual historical figure.

You can find the original Korean on JTBC’s official website here.
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